Title
Use of short-term culture for identification of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis in tissue from Crohn's disease patients
Abbreviated Journal Title
Clin. Microbiol. Infect.
Keywords
Crohn's disease; Mycobacterium; PCR; culture; milk; POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION; IS900; TUBERCULOSIS; ETIOLOGY; ENGLAND; ANTIGEN; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology
Abstract
Objective To investigate the role of Mycobacterium avium subp. paratuberculosis (MAP) in Crohn's disease (CD), using short-term mycobacterial culture media. Methods Sixty-three tissue specimens from 27 CD patients and 36 controls were processed and inoculated into a modified 7H9 broth base medium and incubated at 37 degrees C and 5% CO2 for up to 1 year Acid-fast staining, determination of mycobactin dependency, PCR analysis using two IS900-derived oligonucleotides and hybridization with an internal probe were performed. Results MAP was present in six of seven (86%) surgically resected tissue samples and in four of 20 (20%) biopsies, with an overall 37% from CD patients, as compared to two of 36 (5.6%) of control specimens. The presence of MAP in Mycobacterial Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) cultures was detected within 10-12 weeks for surgically resected tissue and after 40 weeks for biopsy specimens, with no MAP growth detected in 22B* Bactec cultures. Conclusions Because MAP was present in 86% of resected tissue compared to 20% of biopsy specimens from CD patients, we speculate that MAP resides in the submucosal layer closer to the active part of the ulcer rather than on the surface of the mucosal cells. Thus, surgically resected tissue cultured in MGIT medium is a favorable protocol for rapid cultivation of MAP and for investigating its role in CD pathogenesis. The data support the mycobacterial role in CD pathogenesis.
Journal Title
Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Volume
6
Issue/Number
6
Publication Date
1-1-2000
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
303
Last Page
307
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1198-743X
Recommended Citation
"Use of short-term culture for identification of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis in tissue from Crohn's disease patients" (2000). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 2793.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/2793
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