Diagnostic utility of the polymerase chain reaction in 2 cases of suspected Whipple disease

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 801-803

  Taskén, Kjetil ^a,c   Schulz, Tom ^a   Elgjo, Kjell ^b   Skullerud, Kari ^b   Relman, David ^d,e   Brubakk, Oddbjørn ^a  

^a Østfold Sentralsykehus ^*  (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MALABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 0032513543     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.7.801     Document Type: Article

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