On February 26, 2015, the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens in the United Kingdom published a review of the latest research on the possible link between Mycobacterium avium, subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) and Crohn’s disease. The last such review, conducted in 2005, determined that there was no evidence to connect MAP to Crohn’s disease. That was not the finding in the current review done a decade later. Read on to see what the ACDP found.
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In this first video, Dr. William Chamberlin presents an overview of Crohn’s disease and outlines the research supporting a causal role by Mycobacterium avium ssp paratuberculosis. This is just a preview of things to come. Additional videos will be available shortly.
Dr. Collins, a veterinarian from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, discusses the crossover between human medicine and animal medicine. He makes a compelling argument that the MAP bacteria cross from cattle to humans and should be recognized as a zoonotic infection.
Dr. Amy Hermon-Taylor discusses the need for a specific diagnostic process to isolate the MAP infection in patients with Crohn’s disease. Without a specific, fast and reliable diagnostic process or procedure, MAP will continue to be an unconfirmed causative agent in Crohn’s disease. If it can’t be measured, it can’t be controlled.