Concurrent resolution of chronic diarrhea likely due to Crohn's disease and infection with Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis

Concurrent resolution of chronic diarrhea likely due to Crohn's disease and infection with Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis

Examination of samples of stool from a 61 year old male patient, presenting with the clinical symptoms of Crohn’s disease (CD), revealed massive shedding of acid fast bacilli with the morphology of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP), the causative agent of Johne’s disease in cattle. MAP was...

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Main Authors: Shoor Vir Singh, J. Todd Kuenstner, William C. Davis, Prabhat Agarwal, Naveen Kumar, Devendra Singh, Saurabh Gupta, Kundan Kumar Chaubey, Ashok Kumar Tyagi, Jyoti Misri, Sujatha Jayaraman, Jagdip Singh Sohal, Kuldeep Dhama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
ELISA
Crohn’s Disease
Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis
Antibiotic therapy
stool culture and microscopy for MAP
IS900 PCR and IS1311 PCR_RE.
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmed.2016.00049/full

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