Whipple's syndrome (uveitis, B27-negative spondylarthropathy, meningitis, and lymphadenopathy) associated with Arthrobacter sp. infection

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1891-1896

  Bodaghi, Bahram ^a   Dauga, Catherine ^b   Cassoux, Nathalie ^a   Wechsler, Bertrand ^a   Merle Beral, Hélène ^a   Poveda, Jean Dominique ^b   Piette, Jean Charles ^a   LeHoang, Phuc ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UVEITIS;

EID: 0031794015     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)91036-3     Document Type: Article

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