@article{PAR00010212,
  title = {{T}ropheryma whipplei as a commensal bacterium},
  author = {{K}eita, {A}. {K}. and {R}aoult, {D}idier and {F}enollar, {F}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}ropheryma whipplei is the bacterial agent of the well-known and rare {W}hipple's disease, mainly observed among {C}aucasians. {T}his bacterium has recently been involved in other chronic and acute infections. {F}or a long time, the only known source of the bacterium was patients with {W}hipple's disease; however, thanks to the advent of molecular biology, {T}. whipplei has now been detected in specimens from healthy individuals, mainly in stool and saliva samples. {T}he prevalence of carriage depends on several factors, such as age, exposure and geographical area, reaching 75% in stool specimens from children less than 4 years old in rural {A}frica. {T}. whipplei is a commensal bacterium that only causes {W}hipple's disease in a subset of individuals, probably those with a still-uncharacterized specific immunological defect.},
  keywords = {saliva ; stools ; {T}ropheryma whipplei ; {W}hipple's disease},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{F}uture {M}icrobiology},
  volume = {8},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {57--71},
  ISSN = {1746-0913},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.2217/fmb.12.124},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00010212},
}