Blood culture-negative endocarditis caused by Tropheryma whipplei: a case report of Whipple’s endocarditis
Case description: A 67-year-old man was admitted with progressive heart failure, due to blood culture-negative endocarditis of the aortic valve. In early course, urgent aortic valve replacement was needed. A polymerase chain reaction test (PCR) on samples of the explanted aortic valve revealed Troph...
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| author | Silke Knol Rogier L Nijhuis Felix Geeraedts Gerard Linssen |
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| description | Case description: A 67-year-old man was admitted with progressive heart failure, due to blood culture-negative endocarditis of the aortic valve. In early course, urgent aortic valve replacement was needed. A polymerase chain reaction test (PCR) on samples of the explanted aortic valve revealed Tropheryma whipplei. He received ceftriaxone, followed by long-term co-trimoxazole. Recent arthralgia may have been a diagnostic clue.
Conclusion: Whipple’s endocarditis should be assessed in patients with arthralgia and blood culture-negative endocarditis (BCNIE). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c0a2fcc6787c4064a1cf3481144c29722022-12-21T22:53:09ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942021-05-0110.12890/2021_0025962212Blood culture-negative endocarditis caused by Tropheryma whipplei: a case report of Whipple’s endocarditisSilke Knol0Rogier L Nijhuis1Felix Geeraedts2Gerard Linssen3Department of Cardiology, Hospital Group Twente (ZGT), Almelo and Hengelo, The NetherlandsDepartment of Cardiology, Hospital Group Twente (ZGT), Almelo and Hengelo, The NetherlandsLaboratory Microbiology Twente Achterhoek (LabMicTA), Hengelo, The NetherlandsDepartment of Cardiology, Hospital Group Twente (ZGT), Almelo and Hengelo, The NetherlandsCase description: A 67-year-old man was admitted with progressive heart failure, due to blood culture-negative endocarditis of the aortic valve. In early course, urgent aortic valve replacement was needed. A polymerase chain reaction test (PCR) on samples of the explanted aortic valve revealed Tropheryma whipplei. He received ceftriaxone, followed by long-term co-trimoxazole. Recent arthralgia may have been a diagnostic clue. Conclusion: Whipple’s endocarditis should be assessed in patients with arthralgia and blood culture-negative endocarditis (BCNIE).https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/2596whipple’s endocarditistropheryma whippleiblood culture-negative endocarditis |
| spellingShingle | Silke Knol Rogier L Nijhuis Felix Geeraedts Gerard Linssen Blood culture-negative endocarditis caused by Tropheryma whipplei: a case report of Whipple’s endocarditis European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine whipple’s endocarditis tropheryma whipplei blood culture-negative endocarditis |
| title | Blood culture-negative endocarditis caused by Tropheryma whipplei: a case report of Whipple’s endocarditis |
| title_full | Blood culture-negative endocarditis caused by Tropheryma whipplei: a case report of Whipple’s endocarditis |
| title_fullStr | Blood culture-negative endocarditis caused by Tropheryma whipplei: a case report of Whipple’s endocarditis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Blood culture-negative endocarditis caused by Tropheryma whipplei: a case report of Whipple’s endocarditis |
| title_short | Blood culture-negative endocarditis caused by Tropheryma whipplei: a case report of Whipple’s endocarditis |
| title_sort | blood culture negative endocarditis caused by tropheryma whipplei a case report of whipple s endocarditis |
| topic | whipple’s endocarditis tropheryma whipplei blood culture-negative endocarditis |
| url | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/2596 |
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