title: Molecular identification of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in oral biopsies of Crohn's disease patients.
abstract: Oral lesions may be found in patients with Crohn's disease (CD), in a percentage up to 20%. The aim of this study was to investigate a possible relationship between Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) and oral lesions in CD patients. 23 oral biopsies were examined performing IS900 Nested PCR; 9 of them were positive: 8 from CD patients and 1 from a control. Our purpose is to go on with this study, amplifying the number of subjects examined and testing subjects with oral lesions related to diseases other than CD to verify the specific association between MAP and oral lesions in CD patients.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche - Microbiologia Sperimentale e Clinica, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Molicotti
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Sperimentale ed Oncologica - Sezione Clinica Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonio M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Scanu
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Microchirurgiche e Mediche. Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: Aurea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lumbau
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche - Microbiologia Sperimentale e Clinica, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cannas
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche - Microbiologia Sperimentale e Clinica, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bua
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Microchirurgiche e Mediche. Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: Pietrina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lugliè
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche - Microbiologia Sperimentale e Clinica, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zanetti