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Intestinal spirochetosis
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Human intestinal spirochetosis, often called just intestinal spirochetosis when the human context is implicit, is an infection of the colonic-type mucosa with certain species of spirochetal bacteria. Similar infections sometimes occur in pigs, dogs, and birds; porcine intestinal spirochaetosis is an economically important disease of livestock.
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Intestinal spirochetosis | |
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Other names | Intestinal spirochetes, colonic spirochetosis, colonic spirochetes, brachyspirosis |
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Histopathology of intestinal spirochetosis, showing basophilic, fringe-like, end-on-end attachment of filamentous densely packed spirochetes on the surface epithelium of the intestinal mucosa.[1] H&E stain. | |
Specialty | Infectious disease |
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