The link between ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, Klebsiella, and starch consumption.

doi:10.1155/2013/872632

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The link between ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, Klebsiella, and starch consumption.

Clinical & developmental immunology - 1 Jan 2013

Rashid Taha, Wilson Clyde, Ebringer Alan

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Both ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and Crohn's disease (CD) are chronic and potentially disabling interrelated conditions, which have been included under the group of spondyloarthropathies. The results of a large number of studies support the idea that an enteropathic pathogen, Klebsiella pneumoniae, is the most likely triggering factor involved in the initiation and development of these diseases. Increased starch...

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