Tropheryma whipplei in Children with Gastroenteritis [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010 Tropheryma whipplei, which causes Whipple disease, is found in human feces and may cause gastroenteritis. To show that T. whipplei causes gastroenteritis, PCRs for T. whipplei were conducted with feces from children 2–4 years of age. Western blotting was
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Culture Negative Endocarditis With Tropheryma whipplei
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2022 Tropheryma whipplei endocarditis is an increasingly recognized cause of culture negative endocarditis but is challenging to diagnose and often not accompanied by typical symptoms of Whipple disease. In this report, we describe a case of T.
Jennifer M. Bergeron +2 more
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Tropheryma whipplei Endocarditis
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013 Tropheryma whipplei endocarditis differs from classic Whipple disease, which primarily affects the gastrointestinal system. We diagnosed 28 cases of T.
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Pulmonary parenchymal involvement caused by Tropheryma whipplei [PDF]
Open Medicine, 2021 We report a 26-year-old man with left chest pain for 4 days. His chest CT showed a cavity in the left upper lung. Tuberculosis was suspected first, but metagenomics next generation sequencing (mNGS) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid only detected ...
Zhang Wen Mei, Xu Ling
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Diagnosis of Tropheryma whipplei pneumonia using targeted nanopore sequencing: a rare case report and literature review [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineTropheryma whipplei (TW) pneumonia is a rare disease caused by Tropheryma whipplei infection. Due to the difficulty in obtaining pathogenetic evidence, the misdiagnosis rate is high, posing significant challenges for early diagnosis and treatment ...
Miao Yu +12 more
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Tropheryma whipplei-induced plastic bronchitis in children: a case report [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 This article reports a case of a 7-year-old child with severe pneumonia whose chest CT showed pulmonary consolidation, and bronchoscopy revealed plastic bronchitis.
Xuefeng Jin +6 more
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Tropheryma whipplei as a Cause of Epidemic Fever, Senegal, 2010–2012 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 The bacterium Tropheryma whipplei, which causes Whipple disease in humans, is commonly detected in the feces of persons in Africa. It is also associated with acute infections. We investigated the role of T.
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Oligoarthritis durch Tropheryma whipplei: "Of bugs and joints" [PDF]
Der Internist, 2018 Zusammenfassung: Der Morbus Whipple ist eine seltene, ohne antibiotische Therapie schwer verlaufende, chronische Infektionserkrankung durch Tropheryma whipplei, ein ubiquitär vorkommendes, grampositives Bakterium.
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Type I interferon induction is detrimental during infection with the Whipple's disease bacterium, Tropheryma whipplei. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2010 Macrophages are the first line of defense against pathogens. Upon infection macrophages usually produce high levels of proinflammatory mediators. However, macrophages can undergo an alternate polarization leading to a permissive state.
Khatoun Al Moussawi +5 more
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Tropheryma whipplei Crystalline Keratopathy: Report of a Case and Updated Review of the Literature [PDF]
Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, 2012 Purpose. To report a case of Tropheryma whipplei infection with crystalline keratopathy and review the recent literature on the presentation, diagnosis, and management of Whipple's disease. Methods.
Scott D. Schoenberger +2 more
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