Identification of spheroplast-like agents isolated from tissues of patients with Crohn's disease and control tissues by polymerase chain reaction.
Wall S, Kunze ZM, Saboor S, Soufleri I, Seechurn P, Chiodini R, McFadden JJ.
Wall S, et al.
J Clin Microbiol. 1993 May;31(5):1241-5. doi: 10.1128/jcm.31.5.1241-1245.1993.
J Clin Microbiol. 1993.
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On culture, the organisms appear initially as cell wall-deficient, spheroplast-like forms that are difficult to identify by conventional techniques. ...Cultures from both Crohn's disease and controls were found to contain mycobacterial DNA of unknown specific origin …
On culture, the organisms appear initially as cell wall-deficient, spheroplast-like forms that are difficult to identify by conventio …