Tropheryma whipplei infection

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2078-2080

  Freeman, Hugh James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal lymphadenopathy; Periodic acid Schiff staining; Small intestinal malabsorption; Tropheryma whipplei; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FATALITY; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII; BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUODENUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TROPHERYMA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUODENUM; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; TROPHERYMA; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 67651174602     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.2078     Document Type: Article

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