Whipple's disease endocarditis: Report of 5 cases and review of the literature;Endocardites de la maladie de Whipple: Cinq observations et revue de la littérature

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 784-790

  Aiouaz H ^a,d   Celard M ^a   Puget, M ^b   Vandenesch, F ^a   Mercusot, A ^a   Fenollar, F ^c   Delahaye, F ^a   Obadia, J F ^a   Tebib, J ^b   Rousset, H ^b  

^a LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d Centre de Perharidy   (France)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Infectious endocarditis; PCR; Tropheryma whipplei; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DUODENUM BIOPSY; EMBOLISM; FEVER; HEART FAILURE; HEART MURMUR; HEART VALVE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; TIME FACTORS; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 26844462182     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: 17683122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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