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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-4-27
pubmed:abstractText
We conducted an immunohistochemical search for mycobacteria in the intestinal tissues of patients with Crohn's disease. Tissues obtained by biopsy or surgical resection and fixed by a variety of methods (formalin, periodate-lysine-paraformaldehyde, fresh-frozen) were reacted by an immunoperoxidase method with antibodies to (a) Mycobacterium paratuberculosis strain linda, (b) M. tuberculosis, and (c) the common mycobacterial antigen, lipoarabinomannan. Each of the antibody preparations was shown capable of detecting a variety of typical and atypical mycobacteria (M. tuberculosis, M. kansasii, M. fortuitum, M. chelonei, M. paratuberculosis, and cell wall-defective as well as cell wall-intact forms of M. avium intracellulare) under conditions identical to those used for staining the patients' tissues. We did not detect mycobacteria in any of the 67 specimens from 30 patients examined. These results, in conjunction with those of our previous serologic studies, do not support the hypothesis that infection with a Mycobacterium causes Crohn's disease.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0016-5085
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1009-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunohistochemical examination for mycobacteria in intestinal tissues from patients with Crohn's disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Medicine Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Denver, Colorado.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't