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Description of Tropheryma whipplei gen. nov., sp. nov., the Whipple's disease bacillus.
1 Jul 2001
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A detailed characterization was performed of the Whipple's disease bacillus, strain Twist-MarseilleT, isolated from the cardiac valve of a patient with Whipple's disease bacillus endocarditis. This strain was isolated and maintained on human embryonic lung fibroblast monolayers, but could not be cultivated in the absence of living eukaryotic cells. Two morphological forms were observed, with differing staining...
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