Progressive dementia associated with ataxia or obesity in patients with Tropheryma whipplei encephalitis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fenollar, Florence ^a   Nicoli, François ^b,c   Paquet, Claire ^d   Lepidi, Hubert ^a   Cozzone, Patrick ^c   Antoine, Jean Christophe ^e   Pouget, Jean ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c University of Aix Marseille   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN BIOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII ENCEPHALITIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TROPHERYMA;

ADULT; ATAXIA; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPHERYMA; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 79958771944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-171     Document Type: Article

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