SLOW BACTERIAL-INFECTIONS OR AUTOIMMUNITY

被引：92

作者：

ROOK, GAW

STANFORD, JL

机构：

[1] G.A.W. Rook and J.L. Stanford are, the Dept of Medical Microbiology, University College, London, W1P 7LD

来源：

IMMUNOLOGY TODAY | 1992年 / 13卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1016/0167-5699(92)90119-R

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

In this article, Graham Rook and John Stanford propose that a group of idiopathic diseases that are often associated with a degree of autoimmunity and arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, sarcoidosis and psoriasis, are caused by extremely slow-growing bacteria. They suggest that these diseases are one end of a continuous spectrum caused by related slow-growing genera, which ranges from rheumatoid arthritis, through Takayasu's arteritis and Whipple's disease, to reach the conventional mycobacterioses such as tuberculosis and leprosy.

引用

页码：160 / 164

页数：5

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