Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2002)

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Infection in a Patient with HIV, Germany

  • Elvira Richter,
  • Johannes Wessling,
  • Norbert Lügering,
  • Wolfram Domschke,
  • Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0807.010388
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 7
pp. 729 – 731

Abstract

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Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP), the causative agent of Johne disease in ruminants, has been incriminated as the cause of Crohn disease in humans. We report the first case of human infection with MAP in a patient with HIV; infection was confirmed by obtaining isolates from several different specimen types.

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