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Cutaneous Granulomatosis Revealing Whipple’s Disease: Value of Tropheryma whipplei Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Diagnosis [PDF]
Pathogens, 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
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An unusual cause of pancytopenia: Whipple's disease [PDF]
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2014 Whipple's disease is a systemic infectious disease caused by the bacteria Tropheryma whipplei. The most common clinical manifestations of Whipple's disease are weight loss (92%), hypoalbuminemia and steatorrhea (91%, respectively), diarrhea (72 ...
Nay T. Tun +5 more
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Challenging case of Whipple's disease: The contribution of radiology
Radiology Case Reports, 2022 Whipple's disease is a rare chronic infectious disease, caused by Tropheryma whipplei. The disease can be challenging to diagnose due to the variable clinical manifestations and the nonspecific laboratory and imaging findings.
João Garrido Santos, MD +4 more
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Современная ревматология, 2013 Whipple’s disease is a rare multisystemic disease caused by the gram-positive bacillus Tropheryma whipplei. The paper characterizes the etiology and pathogenesis of the disease, gives a broad spectrum of its clinical manifestations, and outlines the ...
Boris Sergeyevich Belov
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Constrictive pleuropericarditis: a dominant clinical manifestation in Whipple’s disease [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Whipple’s disease is a rare, multisystemic, chronic infectious disease which classically presents as a wasting illness characterized by polyarthralgia, diarrhea, fever, and lymphadenopathy. Pleuropericardial involvement is a common pathologic
Alan N Baer +5 more
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Cultivation of \u3cem\u3eTropheryma whipplei\u3c/em\u3e from Cerebrospinal Fluid [PDF]
, 2003 Whipple disease (WD) is a systemic disorder caused by the bacterium Tropheryma whipplei. Since the recognition of a bacterial etiology in 1961, many attempts have been made to cultivate this bacterium in vitro.
Fredricks, David N. +5 more
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Human Pathology: Case Reports, 2019 Whipple's endocarditis is a rare but treatable infectious disease. We discuss the diagnostic work-up of a case lacking classic endocarditis features. Current challenges in diagnosis and treatment of this under-recognized infection are highlighted.
Julia R. Naso +4 more
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Naive T Cells Share Hypermethylation Sites With Synoviocytes. [PDF]
, 2017 ObjectiveTo determine whether differentially methylated CpGs in synovium-derived fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were also differentially methylated in RA peripheral blood (PB) samples.MethodsFor this study ...
Barcellos, Lisa F +16 more
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Nearly Fatal Case of Whipple's Disease in a Patient Mistakenly on Anti-TNF Therapy [PDF]
, 2013 Whipple's disease is a rare cause of chronic diarrhea and abdominal pain that may be confused with inflammatory bowel disease. We report a Whipple's case misdiagnosed as Crohn's disease in which treatment with anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF ...
Anderson, Teresa A. +4 more
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Usefulness of polymerase chain reaction for diagnosing Whipple's disease in rheumatology. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 OBJECTIVES:To determine when Tropheryma whipplei polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is appropriate in patients evaluated for rheumatological symptoms. METHODS:In a retrospective observational study done in rheumatology units of five hospitals, we assessed ...
Marion Herbette +11 more
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