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Identification of <i>Mycobacterium avium</i> subsp. <i>paratuberculosis</i> in Biopsy Specimens from Patients with Crohn's Disease Identified by In Situ Hybridization
1 Dec 2001
Abstract excerpt
Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract of unknown etiology. We report on the presence of cell wall-deficient Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in 35 of 48 paraffin-embedded tissue specimens from 33 patients with Crohn's disease by in situ hybridization with IS900 as a probe.
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