Tropheryma whipplei in Patients with Pneumonia

Tropheryma whipplei in Patients with Pneumonia

Tropheryma whipplei is the etiologic pathogenic agent of Whipple disease (WD), characterized by various clinical signs, such as diarrhea, weight loss, lymphadenopathy, and polyarthritis. PCR-based methods for diagnosis of WD have been developed. T. whipplei has been identified in saliva and stool sa...

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Main Authors: Sabri Bousbia, Laurent Papazian, Jean-Pierre Auffray, Florence Fenollar, Claude Martin, Wenjun Li, Laurent Chiche, Bernard La Scola, Didier Raoult
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tropheryma whipplei
Whipple disease
Whipple disease diagnosis
ventilator-associated pneumonia
genotyping
bacteria
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/2/09-0610_article

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