Tropheryma whipplei endocarditis

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1721-1730

  Fenollar, Florence ^a,b   Célard, Marie ^c   Lagier, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Lepidi, Hubert ^a,b   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a,b   Raoult, Didier ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^c Groupement Hospitalier Est   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; OFLOXACIN; RNA 16S; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHERYMA WHIPPLEI ENDOCARDITIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ARTHRALGIA; BACTERIA; ENDOCARDITIS; TROPHERYMA WHIPPLEI; WHIPPLE DISEASE; WHIPPLE'S DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; EUROPE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHERYMA; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 84887007380     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1911.121356     Document Type: Article

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