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World J Gastroenterol. May 7, 2008; 14(17): 2723-2730
Published online May 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2723
Correlation between rpoB gene mutation in Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis and clinical rifabutin and rifampicin resistance for treatment of Crohn’s disease
Daniel R Beckler, Sammer Elwasila, George Ghobrial, John F Valentine, Saleh A Naser
Daniel R Beckler, Sammer Elwasila, George Ghobrial, Saleh A Naser, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Biomolecular Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Florida, FL 32816, United States
John F Valentine, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, FL 32810, United States
Author contributions: Beckler DR, Elwasila S, Ghobrial G, Valentine JF, Naser SA contributed equally to the work; Beckler DR, Elwasila S, and Ghobrial G participated in the experiments design and the data collection; Valentine JF provided the clinical samples and assisted in data interpretation; Naser SA participated in research design, supervising the daily experiments, interpretation of the data and editing the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Saleh A Naser, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd, Florida, FL 32816, United States. nasers@mail.ucf.edu
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Received: December 20, 2007
Revised: March 14, 2008
Published online: May 7, 2008
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