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Acute pneumonia due to Tropheryma whipplei diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing and pathology: A case report
1 Feb 2024
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(TW) is a rod-shaped, gram-positive bacterium that, when chronically infects humans, can lead to multi-system pathologies, including joint pain, abdominal pain with diarrhea and weight loss, myocarditis, pericarditis, and neurologic inflammation. Moreover, acute infections can lead to bronchopulmonary infections, bacteraemia, and acute diarrhea. However, fewer cases of acute pneumonia due to TW have been...
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