In 1970, Professor Boulahbal became head of the laboratory of tuberculosis and mycobacteria at the Pasteur Institute in Algiers.

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According to the FDA, Mycobacteria chelonae can also cause lung disease, eye problems, and infections of the joints and organs.

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From 1996 to 1999, she was co-director of the National Reference Centre on Mycobacteria in the Pasteur Institute in Paris.

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The mycobacteria thought to be responsible for the disease are said to be present in around a half of Crohn's Disease patients.

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