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Immunoproliferative Small Intestinal Disease Associated with Campylobacter jejuni

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BACKGROUND: Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (also known as alpha chain disease) is a form of lymphoma that arises in small intestinal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) and is associated with the expression of a monotypic truncated immunoglobulin alpha heavy chain without an associated light chain. Early-stage disease responds to antibiotics, suggesting a bacterial origin. We attempted to identify a causative agent. METHODS: We performed polymerase chain reaction (PCR), DNA sequencing, fluorescence in situ hybridization, and immunohistochemical studies on intestinal-biopsy specimens from a series of patients with immunoproliferative small intestinal disease. RESULTS: Analysis of frozen intestinal tissue obtained from an index patient with immunoproliferative small intestinal disease who had a dramatic response to antibiotics revealed the presence of Campylobacter jejuni. A follow-up retrospective analysis of archival intestinal-biopsy specimens disclosed campylobacter species in four of six additional patients with immunoproliferative small intestinal disease. CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that campylobacter and immunoproliferative small intestinal disease are associated and that C. jejuni should be added to the growing list of human pathogens responsible for immunoproliferative states.
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pasteur-02456747 , version 1 (27-01-2020)

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Marc Lecuit, Eric Abachin, Antoine Martin, Claire Poyart, Philippe Pochart, et al.. Immunoproliferative Small Intestinal Disease Associated with Campylobacter jejuni. New England Journal of Medicine, 2004, 350 (3), pp.239-248. ⟨10.1056/NEJMoa031887⟩. ⟨pasteur-02456747⟩

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