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Table 1 Onset of disease and results from immunofluorescence staining for Chlamydia LPS and C. trachomatis MOMP, Western blot, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and electron microscopy (EM) in 4 patients selected for new biopsies

From: Chlamydia trachomatis antigens in enteroendocrine cells and macrophages of the small bowel in patients with severe irritable bowel syndrome

Patient

Onset of IBS symptoms

Archive biopsies

New biopsies

2007

Western blot

2007

PCR

EM

  

Year

LPS

MOMP

LPS

MOMP

LPS

MOMP

2007

2007

1

1994

1996

+

+

+

-

+

-

-

+

2

1985

2000

+

+

+

-

+

-

-

+

3

1968

2001

+

+

+

-

+

-

-

+

4

1977

1997

+

+

+

-

+

-

-

+