Does Tropheryma whipplei contribute to travelers' diarrhea?: A PCR analysis of paired stool samples in French travelers to Senegal

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 264-267

  Gautret, Philippe ^a,b   Lagier, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Benkouiten, Samir ^b   Fenollar, Florence ^a,b   Raoult, Didier ^a,b   Brouqui, Philippe ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Senegal; Traveler; Tropheryma whipplei

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENEGAL; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII; YOUNG ADULT; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; DIARRHEA; EMPORIATRICS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPHERYMA; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; FRANCE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENEGAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL; TRAVEL MEDICINE; TROPHERYMA; WHIPPLE DISEASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901825125     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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