Whipple’s Disease – a clinical case-report
Keywords:
Whipple, Tropheryma whippelii, PCR, immunofluorescence, immune defect, Jarisch-Herxheimer reactionAbstract
We describe a case of Whipple’s disease in which a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
occurred. Diagnosis was made in the standard way: histology. We then discuss this
case with update information on pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of
this rare but possibly fatal illness if left untreated, namely the immune defect and the
new diagnostic methods such as the PCR technique and the immunofluorescence
serologic test.
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