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From: Mucosa-associated but not luminal Escherichia coli is augmented in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis

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Average bacterial concentration (CFU/mg) in distinct clinical samples from Controls (white bars), Crohn’s Disease (grey bars) and ulcerative colitis (dark bars) patients. A, Total counting in MacConkey agar cultures; B, Purple colonies counting in brilliance E. coli/ coliform agar cultures. IL, RC, LC, S/R, ST, respectively, biopsies from ileum, right colon, left colon, sigmoid and rectum and stools. Asterisks indicate values with significant differences (P< 0.05, Paired t- test) in comparisons with controls. See Table 2 for numbers of samples analysed per clinical material.

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