Tropheryma whipplei endocarditis without gastrointestinal involvement

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 161-163

  Love, Susannah M ^a   Morrison, Lindsay ^a   Appleby, Clare ^a   Modi, Paul ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture negative endocarditis; Tropheryma whipplei; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; OXYGEN; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

AORTIC VALVE; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHERYMA; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 84863455609     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs116     Document Type: Article

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