Progress, problems, and perspectives in diagnosis and treatment of Whipple's disease

Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-43

  Mahnel, R ^a   Marth, T ^a  

^a DEUTSCHE KLINIK FÜR DIAGNOSTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gut involvement; Joint involvement; Therapy; Tropheryma whipplei; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMNESIA; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIARRHEA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EYE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; JOINT; LETHALITY; LUNG; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT PLANNING; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

HUMANS; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TROPHERYMA WHIPPLEI; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 4644260272     PISSN: 15918890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10238-004-0036-1     Document Type: Review

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