<prompt> Crohns disease may be caused by which one of the following infectious agents?Clostridium difficleMycobacterium paratuberculosisCytomegalo virus CMVMycoplasma  <response>: A possible infectious etiology for IBD includes clostridium difficile, maparatuberculosis, paramyxovirus and helicobacter species, salmonella shigella, campylobacter species. M.para tuberculosis does not have a confirmed disease association and antimycobacterial agents are not effective in treating Crohns disease. Ref: Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th Edition, Pages 1176-78; Davidsons Principles and Practice of Medicine, 19th Edition, Page 808 