Relationship between Mycobacterium avium, M. paratuberculosis and mycobacteria associated with Crohn's disease.
Recently some mycobactin-dependent mycobacteria were isolated from patients with Crohn's disease. These mycobacteria should be very similar to M. paratuberculosis which is closely related to M. avium. The author has investigated the relationship between M. avium, M. paratuberculosis and the mycobacteria associated with Crohn's disease.
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Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Forêt, Centre National d'Etudes Vétérinaires et Alimentaires, Maisons-Alfort, France.
D000818:Animals; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000472:pathogenicity; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D010283:Paratuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology*