Of bugs and joints : Oligoarthritis caused by Tropheryma whipplei;Oligoarthritis durch Tropheryma whipplei : "Of bugs and joints"

Internist

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 884-888

  Koligi, K ^a   Mertz, D ^b   Benz, D ^a   Vogt, T ^a   Bloemberg, G V ^c   Winter, L ^b   Tyndall, A ^a   Battegay, M ^b   Walker, U A ^a  

^a Felix Platter Spital   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Intestinal lipodystrophy; Synovial fluid; Tropheryma whipplei; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHROSCOPY; CEFTRIAXONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFAMETHIZOLE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; TRIMETHOPRIM; TROPHERYMA; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 79959720302     PISSN: 00209554     EISSN: 14321289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00108-010-2741-z     Document Type: Article

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