Primary diagnosis of whipple disease manifesting as lymphadenopathy: Use of polymerase chain reaction for detection of Tropheryma whippelii

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 898-904

  Alkan, S ^a   Beals, T F ^a   Schnitzer, B ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal RNA; Lymph node; PCR; Polymerase chain reaction; Tropheryma whippelii; Whipple disease

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; SCHIFF BASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FARBER DISEASE; GENETIC CODE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 0035181167     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/7678-E2DW-HFJ5-QYUJ     Document Type: Article

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