Does Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis cause Crohn's disease?

Gut. 2005 Jul;54(7):896-8. doi: 10.1136/gut.2004.055889.

Author

R Balfour Sartor¹

Affiliation

¹ UNC Department of Medicine/Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, CB #7032, Room 7309 Biomolecular Bldg (MBRB), Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7032, USA. rbs@med.unc.edu

Abstract

Reassessing this persistent theory in light of advances in molecular microbial detection and genetic pathogenesis of disease.

Publication types

Comment
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Crohn Disease / genetics
Crohn Disease / microbiology*
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Paratuberculosis / complications*