Should we systematically perform central nervous system imaging in patients with Whipple's endocarditis?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Besnard, Sophie ^a   Cady, Anne ^a   Flecher, Erwan ^a   Fily, Fabien ^a   Revest, Matthieu ^a   Arvieux, Cdric ^a   Donnio, Pierre Yves ^a   Michelet, Christian ^a   Tattevin, Pierre ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Central nervous system; Infective endocarditis; Tropheryma whipplei

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPPLE ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TROPHERYMA; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

AGED; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TROPHERYMA; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 77957757777     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.04.030     Document Type: Article

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