Tropheryma whipplei infective endocarditis as the only manifestation of Whipple's disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2078-2081

  Marín, Mercedes ^a   Muñoz, Patricia ^a   Sanchez, Monica ^a   Del Rosal, Marina ^a   Rodríguez Créixems, Marta ^a   Bouza, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; MINOCYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

TROPHERYMA WHIPPLEI;

EID: 34250633995     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00096-07     Document Type: Article

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