Prosthetic valve endocarditis secondary to Tropheryma whipplei in a patient with chronic polyarthritis

Abstract Background Whipple’s disease is a chronic multisystemic infectious disease that rarely presents as culture-negative endocarditis. Most patients reported with Tropheryma whipplei endocarditis involve a native valve and few describe prosthetic valve disease. Case presentation A patient with c...

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Main Authors: Mauricio J. Kahn, David M. Ennis, Dennis G. Delgado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-04-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-023-02287-1