Human inflammatory bowel disease does not associate with <it>Lawsonia intracellularis </it>infection

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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Main Authors: Giese Thomas, Köninger Jörg S, Wendt Michael, Kümmel Klaus, Di Mola Fabio, Michalski Christoph W, Giese Nathalia A, Friess Helmut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-09-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/6/81

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