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The spectrum of central nervous system involvement in Whipple's disease

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Neurology, Volume 30, Issue 11, Page 3417-3429, November 2023., 2023
This monocentric study of 36 patients provides evidence that mechanisms beyond central nervous system (CNS) infection contribute to the spectrum of CNS involvement in Whipple's disease (WD). Neurological involvement in patients with WD is common.
Jasper Mecklenburg   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tropheryma whipplei bivalvular endocarditis and polyarthralgia: a case report. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
INTRODUCTION: Tropheryma whipplei infection should be considered in patients with suspected infective endocarditis with negative blood cultures. The case (i) shows how previous symptoms can contribute to the diagnosis of this illness, and (ii) elucidates
Delabays, A.   +10 more
core   +1 more source

How I approach diarrhea in hematological transplant patients: A practical tool

open access: yesTransplant Infectious Disease, Volume 25, Issue S1, November 2023., 2023
Abstract Diarrhea in hematopoietic stem‐cell transplantation (HSCT) remains a multifactorial challenge that demands a nuanced diagnostic approach. The causes of infectious diarrhea in HSCT recipients are diverse and influenced by patient‐specific risk factors, the post‐transplant timeline, and local epidemiology.
Natalia E. Castillo Almeida   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tropheryma whippleiEndocarditis

open access: yes, 2021
Tropheryma whipplei mainly known as the causative agent of classical Whipple’s disease, also produces acute, sub-acute and chronic localized forms of infection such as endocarditis. The development of molecular tools has allowed increasing the number of cases of endocarditis due to blood culture use to be negative in T.
Lara, García-Álvarez,   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Multisegmental spondylitis due to Tropheryma whipplei: Case report

open access: yesOrphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2009
We report a patient who presented with inflammatory back pain due to multisegmental spondylitis. Following a vertebral biopsy which failed to detect an infectious organism, the patient was treated with etanercept, a tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α ...
Tyndall Alan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mesenteric lymphadenitis as a presenting feature of Whipple’s disease: Value of PCR analysis

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
Whipple’s disease (WD) is a rare chronic and systemic infection caused by the ubiquitous actinomycete Tropheryma whipplei. A case of localized infection with mesenteric adenopathy associated with a prolonged unexplained fever is reported herein ...
Lucie Wartique   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cutaneous Granulomatosis Revealing Whipple’s Disease: Value of Tropheryma whipplei Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Diagnosis

open access: yesPathogens, 2021
Whipple’s Disease is a rare systemic infectious disease caused by the ubiquitous actinomycetes Tropheryma whipplei (T. whipplei). We report herein a rare case of a cutaneous granulo matosis with hypercalcemia as an unusual presenting feature of Whipple’s
Souheil Zayet   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bilateral Ocular Myositis Associated with Whipple's Disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Purpose: To describe the clinical features of a Caucasian female patient with a history of treated gastrointestinal Whipple's disease (WD) who developed new-onset diplopia, with a description of the histopathological features of the extraocular muscle ...
Batty, R.   +8 more
core   +3 more sources

Reporte de caso: Enfermerdad de Whipple

open access: yesRevista Clínica de la Escuela de Medicina UCR-HSJD, 2019
La enfermedad de Whipple es una enfermedad sistémica, rara, crónica e infecciosa causada por la bacteria Tropheryma whipplei, miembro del orden de Actinomycetos.1 El descubrimiento de la enfermedad de Whipple y su bacteria causante Tropheryma whipplei ...
Patrick Erak Otarola   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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