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Culture and immunological detection of Tropheryma whippelii from the duodenum of a patient with Whipple disease.
JAMA - 28 Feb 2001
Raoult D, La Scola B, Lecocq P, Lepidi H, Fournier P E
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CONTEXT: Culture of Tropheryma whippelii has been established only once, in human fibroblast cell lines from a heart valve inoculum. Molecular-based diagnostic techniques, although highly sensitive, may be less specific. New diagnostic tools involving isolation of bacteria from contaminated intes...
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