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Original Article

Colicinogeny in Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Pages 819-823 | Received 01 Nov 1984, Accepted 20 Feb 1986, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Bureŝ J, Horák V, Bureŝová E, Fixa B, Komárková O, Hartmann M. Colicinogeny in chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Scand J Gastroenterol 1986, 21, 819-823

There are several indirect arguments for a possible role of colicins in chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Colicinogeny was therefore investigated in 54 patients with ulcerative colitis, 39 patients with Crohn's disease, and 160 clinically healthy controls. No significant difference was found among the examined groups. The leukocyte migration inhibition test (with colicins as antigens) was performed to estimate cellular hypersensitivity to colicins. Migration indices not exceeding the normal range in controls contrasted with abnormal values found in 36% of ulcerative colitis and 80% of Crohn's disease patients. The results are believed to be proof of cellular hypersensitivity of IBD patients to colicins of their own Escherichia coli strains. The importance of this finding must be further clarified.

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