title: Protagonist. Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis is a cause of Crohn's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK. jhermon@sghms.ac.uk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hermon-Taylor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D002417:Cattle; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002991:Clofazimine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000662:veterinary; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology; D016927:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D017828:Rifabutin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D017828:Rifabutin; D002991:Clofazimine; D017291:Clarithromycin