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No Mycobacterium paratuberculosis found in Crohn's disease using polymerase chain reaction. 1996

J M Dumonceau, and A Van Gossum, and M Adler, and P A Fonteyne, and J P Van Vooren, and J Deviere, and F Portaels
Department of Gastroenterology, Hopital Erasme, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

M. paratuberculosis has been considered as a putative causative factor of Crohn's disease. However, its detection in diseased tissue samples using the polymerase chain reaction yielded conflicting results. We validated this technique for the detection of mycobacteria (any species) and M. paratuberculosis before applying it to 72 intestinal biopsies from patients with Crohn's disease (N = 36), ulcerative colitis (N = 13), and control subjects (N = 23). Possible polymerase chain reaction inhibitors were detected by spiking template DNA with the equivalent of two M. paratuberculosis genomes. Mycobacteria were found in 17/36 (47%), 6/13 (46%), and 13/23 (57%) tissue samples of Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and controls, respectively. No M. paratuberculosis were detected in any sample. It is concluded that mycobacteria are present with a similar frequency in the intestinal tissues or luminal inclusions of patients with inflammatory bowel disease and of those unaffected by the disease. Our data do not support a role for M. paratuberculosis in Crohn's disease.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007082 Ileum The distal and narrowest portion of the SMALL INTESTINE, between the JEJUNUM and the ILEOCECAL VALVE of the LARGE INTESTINE.
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D003106 Colon The segment of LARGE INTESTINE between the CECUM and the RECTUM. It includes the ASCENDING COLON; the TRANSVERSE COLON; the DESCENDING COLON; and the SIGMOID COLON. Appendix Epiploica,Taenia Coli,Omental Appendices,Omental Appendix,Appendices, Omental,Appendix, Omental
D003424 Crohn Disease A chronic transmural inflammation that may involve any part of the DIGESTIVE TRACT from MOUTH to ANUS, mostly found in the ILEUM, the CECUM, and the COLON. In Crohn disease, the inflammation, extending through the intestinal wall from the MUCOSA to the serosa, is characteristically asymmetric and segmental. Epithelioid GRANULOMAS may be seen in some patients. Colitis, Granulomatous,Enteritis, Granulomatous,Enteritis, Regional,Ileitis, Regional,Ileitis, Terminal,Ileocolitis,Crohn's Disease,Crohn's Enteritis,Inflammatory Bowel Disease 1,Regional Enteritis,Crohns Disease,Granulomatous Colitis,Granulomatous Enteritis,Regional Ileitides,Regional Ileitis,Terminal Ileitis
D004269 DNA, Bacterial Deoxyribonucleic acid that makes up the genetic material of bacteria. Bacterial DNA
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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