Culture of Tropheryma whippelii from the Vitreous Fluid of a Patient Presenting with Unilateral Uveitis [3]

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1046-1047

  Drancourt, Michel ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   Lépidi, Hubert ^a   Fénollar, Florence ^a   Birg, Marie Laure ^a   Bodaghi, Bahram ^b   Le Hoang, Phuc ^b   Lelièvre, Jean Daniel ^c  

^a Unité des Rickettsie   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DUODENUM BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII; UVEITIS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0346243853     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-139-12-200312160-00025     Document Type: Letter

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