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SUBMITTER: Mendoza JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2945487 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mendoza Juan L JL San-Pedro Amparo A Culebras Esther E Cíes Raquel R Taxonera Carlos C Lana Raquel R Urcelay Elena E de la Torre Fernando F Picazo Juan J JJ Díaz-Rubio Manuel M
World journal of gastroenterology 20100901 36
<h4>Aim</h4>To examine the detection rate of viable Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease [Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC)].<h4>Methods</h4>Thirty patients with CD (15 with at least one NOD2/CARD15 mutation), 29 with UC, and 10 with no inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). were tested for MAP by polymerase chain reaction (specific IS900 fragment) and blood culture.<h4>Results</h4>MAP DNA was detected in all original blood s ...[more]