Persistent survival of luminescent mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in peripheral blood monocytes from both crohn's disease and healthy controls is associated with differential cytokine response

Abstract

IntroductionAbnormal intestinal macrophage function which could allow persistence of candidate bacterial triggering agents such as E coli and Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP), has been implicated in the pathogenesis of...