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[Tropheryma whipplei infection. Colonization, self-limiting infection and Whipple's disease].
Der Pathologe - 1 Sept 2011
Moos V, Loddenkemper C, Schneider T
Abstract excerpt
Whipple's disease is a multisystemic infection caused by the ubiquitous bacterium Tropheryma whipplei. Immunological host factors enable classical Whipple's disease; however, T. whipplei can be found in three other clinical conditions: healthy colonization, self-limiting infections, and isolated endocarditis. The genetic predisposition of the host rather than the genotype of the bacterium influences the...
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