Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP)-specific IS900 DNA and antibodies against MAP peptides and lysate in the blood of Crohn's disease patients

Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2011 May;17(5):1254-5. doi: 10.1002/ibd.21461. Epub 2010 Sep 2.

Authors

Antonio Di Sabatino, Daniela Paccagnini, Francesca Vidali, Valentina Rosu, Paolo Biancheri, Andrea Cossu, Stefania Zanetti, Gino R Corazza, Leonardo A Sechi

PMID: 20815038
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21461

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
Antibodies, Bacterial / immunology
Antibody Specificity
Bacterial Proteins / blood
Bacterial Proteins / immunology
Crohn Disease / immunology*
Crohn Disease / microbiology*
DNA, Bacterial / blood
DNA, Bacterial / immunology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis* / genetics
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis* / immunology
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis* / isolation & purification
Paratuberculosis / immunology*
Paratuberculosis / microbiology*
Young Adult

Substances

Antibodies, Bacterial
Bacterial Proteins
DNA, Bacterial