Angelakis E., Fenollar F., Lepidi H., Birg M. L., Raoult Didier. (2010). Tropheryma whipplei in the skin of patients with classic Whipple's disease. Journal of Infection, 61 (3), p. 266-269. ISSN 0163-4453.
Titre du document
Tropheryma whipplei in the skin of patients with classic Whipple's disease
Angelakis E., Fenollar F., Lepidi H., Birg M. L., Raoult Didier
Source
Journal of Infection, 2010,
61 (3), p. 266-269 ISSN 0163-4453
Positive Tropheryma whipplei PCR results in skin biopsies were frequent in patients with classic Whipple's disease without skin manifestations. The bacterium was alive, as a strain was successfully cultured. The skin may be a reservoir for T. whipplei and may be helpful in the non-invasive diagnosis of the disease.
