Tropheryma Whipplei as a Commensal Bacterium

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Tropheryma whipplei is the bacterial agent of the well-known and rare Whipple's disease, mainly observed among Caucasians. This bacterium has recently been involved in other chronic and acute infections. For a long time, the only known source of the bacterium was patients with Whipple's disease; however, thanks to the advent of molecular biology, T. whipplei has now been detected in specimens from healthy...

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