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Case Reports
. 2010 Sep;61(3):266-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.06.007. Epub 2010 Jun 19.

Tropheryma whipplei in the skin of patients with classic Whipple's disease

Emmanouil Angelakis  1 , Florence Fenollar, Hubert Lepidi, Marie-Laure Birg, Didier Raoult
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Tropheryma whipplei in the skin of patients with classic Whipple's disease

Emmanouil Angelakis et al. J Infect. 2010 Sep.

Abstract

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.

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