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Granulomatous colitis of boxer dogs.
The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice - 1 Mar 2011
Craven Melanie, Mansfield Caroline S, Simpson Kenneth W
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Granulomatous colitis (GC) is a rare, breed-specific inflammatory bowel disease of young Boxer dogs. GC has been refractory to treatment and associated with high mortality rates, but culture-independent molecular analysis has transformed therapy and prognosis by uncovering a correlation between GC and Escherichia coli invasion within colonic mucosal macrophages. GC-associated invasive E coli are similar to a...
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