Endoscopic diagnosis of Whipple disease in a patient without gastrointestinal symptoms: A case report

Endoscopic diagnosis of Whipple disease in a patient without gastrointestinal symptoms: A case report

Abstract Whipple's disease is a systemic chronic bacterial infection caused by Tropheryma whipplei, a gram‐positive bacillus. T. whipplei infection in the small intestine often causes malabsorption and is often accompanied by gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain. In thi...

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Main Authors: Yujiro Henmi, Yuki Hirata, Eiko Koubayashi, Azusa Hara, Yutaka Naka, Kazuki Kakimoto, Sadaharu Nouda, Ken Kawakami, Toshihisa Takeuchi, Kazuhide Higuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-04-01
Series:DEN Open
Subjects:
electrons
endoscopy
microscopy
real‐time polymerase chain reaction
tropheryma
whipple disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/deo2.37

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https://doi.org/10.1002/deo2.37

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