Human Paratuberculosis Foundation seeks to sponsor innovative research projects which will add to our understanding of MAP’s role in human disease. We encourage cooperative efforts among investigators, research centers, and other resources. Human Para is pleased to announce our first research project in conjunction with 10 investigators from 5 different countries. This initial study seeks to confirm that Crohn’s disease patients have a significantly higher rate of MAP infection than individuals that do not have Crohn’s, and to compare more recent rapid culture methods from multiple laboratories. Our funding goal is $40,000 which will allow 210 samples (60 from Crohn’s patients, 150 controls) to be tested. MAP cultures and antibody studies will be performed in the laboratories of John Aitken, Timothy Bull, Irene Grant, Horacio Bach, Peilin Zhang and Raghava Potula.

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by Judith Eve Lipton, MD originally published June 7, 2015, revised October 24, 2017 I receive many letters from people around the world asking about treating Crohn’s disease with antibiotics, under the theory that Crohn’s disease is an infection caused by MAP, Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis. I am a psychiatrist, not a gastroenterologist (GI), and not qualified to make specific suggestions about treating Crohn’s disease. I never treat any GI patients myself, and never did. I will never tell people specific doses or protocols for treating MAP because every patient is different. If you elect to learn more and follow this path, you will need your own local physician. I am only offering general information.

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