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Table 2 Comparative results of acid fast staining and IS900 PCR

From: Prevalence of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis IS 900 DNA in biopsy tissues from patients with Crohn’s disease: histopathological and molecular comparison with Johne’s disease in Fars province of Iran

Groups Tissues

Sample Numbers(n)

Positive AFS

Positive IS900 PCR

Ileum

Cecum

Colon

Total

Ileum

Cecum

Colon

Total

CD

30

0%

13%

6%

7%(2/30)

50%

60%

53%

47%(14/30)

nIBD

30

0%

0%

0%

0%(0/30)

0%

3%

13%

13%(4/30)

JD

30

77%

83%

30%

90%(27/30)

63%

50%

40%

70%(21/30)

Healthy goat kids

30

0%

0%

0%

0%(0/30)

0%

0%

0%

0%(0/30)

  1. AFS Acid fast staining, CD Crohn’s disease, nIBD Non-inflammatory bowel disease, JD Johne’s disease