ArticleJournal of bacteriology2019
Hiding in Plain Sight: Colonic Spirochetosis in Humans.
Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Clinical and Pathologic Factors Associated With Colonic Spirochete (Brachyspira pilosicoli and Brachyspira aalborgi) Infection: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis.American journal of clinical pathology · 2023Pooled it
- Human intestinal spirochetosis, irritable bowel syndrome, and colonic polyps: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2022Pooled it
- Prevalence of intestinal spirochaetosis in serrated polyposis syndrome compared with other colorectal polyp conditions: a case-control study in Japan.BMJ open gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Brachyspira hyodysenteriae detected in a dog with acute haemorrhagic diarrhoea: a case report.BMC veterinary research · 2026Article
- High Schistosoma mansoni infection intensity is associated with distinct gut microbiota and low levels of systemic cytokines in children along the Albert-Nile, Northern Uganda.BMC microbiology · 2025Article
- Colonizing the Unlikely:ACG case reports journal · 2024Article
- Increased Prevalence of Symptomatic Human Intestinal Spirochetosis in MSM with High-Risk Sexual Behavior in a Cohort of 165 Individuals.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
- Assessment of listing and categorisation of animal diseases within the framework of the Animal Health Law (Regulation (EU) No 2016/429): antimicrobial-resistantEFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2022Article
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Abstract
In 1967, Harland and Lee made a startling discovery: in some humans, the colonic epithelium is covered with a "forest" of spirochetes (W. A. Harlan, and F. D. Lee, Br Med J 3:718-719, 1967, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.3.5567.718). In this issue of
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