• DOI:10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-202684rep
Corpus ID: 24695700

Republished: Whipple's disease

@article{Puchal2013RepublishedWD,
  title={Republished: Whipple's disease},
  author={X. Pu{\'e}chal},
  journal={Postgraduate Medical Journal},
  year={2013},
  volume={89},
  pages={659 - 665}
}

X. Puéchal

Published 2013

Medicine

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Whipple's disease is a chronic, systemic infection caused by Tropheryma whipplei. Gene amplification, isolation and DNA sequencing of T whipplei have extended our knowledge of this pathogen, which is now recognised as a ubiquitous commensal bacterium. The spectrum of signs associated with T whipplei has now been extended beyond the classic form, which affects middle-aged men, and begins with recurrent arthritis followed several years later by digestive problems associated with other diverse… CONTINUE READING

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