Human inflammatory bowel disease does not associate with <it>Lawsonia intracellularis </it>infection
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There is increasing evidence that bacterial infection of the intestinal mucosa may contribute to the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). In pigs, an obligate intracellular bacterium, Lawsonia intracellularis (LI), was...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-09-01
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| Series: | BMC Microbiology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/6/81 |