Infective endocarditis as the only manifestation of Whipple's disease: An atypical presentation;Endocardite infectieuse isolée: Une présentation atypique de la maladie de Whipple

Annales de Cardiologie et d'Angeiologie

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-63

  Brondex, A ^a   Jobic, Y ^b  

^a Hopital d'Instruction des Armees Legouest   (France)

^b BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Mitral regurgitation; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Tropheryma whipplei; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCURVY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

AGED; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 84857064444     PISSN: 00033928     EISSN: 17683181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ancard.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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