Whipple disease revealed by lung involvement: A case report and literature review

Chest

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1595-1598

  Urbanski, Geoffrey ^a   Rivereau, Philippe ^a   Artru, Laure ^a   Fenollar, Florence ^b   Raoult, Didier ^b   Puéchal, Xavier ^a,c  

^a Le Mans General Hospital   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

EID: 84862023292     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-1812     Document Type: Article

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