Presence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) in Brazilian patients with inflammatory bowel diseases and in controls

Presence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) in Brazilian patients with inflammatory bowel diseases and in controls

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) has attracted the interest of researchers because of similarities between paratuberculosis and Crohn's disease (CD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of MAP through cultures, histology and polymerase cha...

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Main Authors: Isabel Azevedo Carvalho, David Germano Gonçalves Schwarz, Pricila Aparecida Grasse Pietralonga, Ana Carolina Silva Faria, Isis Freitas Espechit Braga, Gabriel Domingos Carvalho, Fabrício Luciani Valente, João Paulo Machado, Lize Maciel Pinheiro Guimarães, Maria de Lourdes Abreu Ferrari, Abelardo Silva Júnior, Maria Aparecida Scatamburlo Moreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
Subjects:
Mycobacterium avium subsp
paratuberculosis
Crohn disease
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Colitis, ulcerative
Brazil
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