Severe Whipple's disease with acute myocarditis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Le Dolley, Yvan ^a   Habib, Gilbert ^a   Lepidi, Hubert ^b   Fenollar, Florence ^b   Raoult, Didier ^b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Myocarditis; Tropheryma whipplei; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DIURETIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYOCARDITIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84864970654     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.11.050     Document Type: Article

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