Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis
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Pathology
- causes animal paratuberculosis Johne's dsease, a chronic enteritis of cattle
- found in blood of 50% of patients with Crohn's disease, 22% of patients with ulcerative colitis & in no controls
Laboratory
- Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis Ab in milk
- Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis Ab in serum
- Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis identified by stain
- Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis DNA
- Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis culture
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References
- ↑ Journal Watch 24(22):170, 2004 Naser SA, Ghobrial G, Romero C, Valentine JF. Culture of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis from the blood of patients with Crohn's disease. Lancet. 2004 Sep 18;364(9439):1039-44. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15380962