RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Intestinal spirochaetosis
JF Gut
JO Gut
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
SP 126
OP 133
DO 10.1136/gut.12.2.126
VO 12
IS 2
A1 F. D. Lee
A1 A. Kraszewski
A1 J. Gordon
A1 J. G. R. Howie
A1 D. McSeveney
A1 W. A. Harland
YR 1971
UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/12/2/126.abstract
AB An abnormal condition of the large intestine is described in which the surface epithelium is infested by short spirochaetes. Diagnosis can be made by light microscopy. A review of 14 cases diagnosed by rectal biopsy and 62 cases involving the appendix shows no consistent symptom complex. The possible significance is discussed.