Diagnosis and follow-up of Whipple's disease by amplification of the 16S rRNA gene of Tropheryma whippelii

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-65

  Pron, B ^a   Poyart, C ^a   Abachin, E ^a   Fest, T ^b   Belanger, C ^a   Bonnet, C ^c   Capelle, P ^d   Bretagne, J F ^e   Fabianek, A ^f   Girard, L ^g   Hagege H ^h   Berche, P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^c université Paris Cité   (France)

^d Clinique du Bois Verrières   (France)

^e PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f Centre Hospitalier de Denain   (France)

^g SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^h CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LYMPH NODE; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 0032736371     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050228     Document Type: Article

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