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Nature Medicine 12, 595 (1 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/nm0606-595

Australians back bacterial theory for bowel disease

Carina Dennis

Richard Chesworth was diagnosed in 1995 with Crohn's disease after he hemorrhaged about two liters of blood in the bathroom at his workplace. Chesworth was 26 then—and his life soon became hell.