Tropheryma whipplei in the skin of patients with classic Whipple's disease

Journal of Infection

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 266-269

  Angelakis, Emmanouil ^a   Fenollar, Florence ^a   Lepidi, Hubert ^a   Birg, Marie Laure ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

QPCR; Skin biopsy; Tropheryma whipplei; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

EID: 77955659629     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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