PCR-positive tests for Tropheryma whippelii in patients without Whipple's disease

Lancet. 1999 Jun 26;353(9171):2214. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)01776-6.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Actinobacteria / isolation & purification*
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Duodenum / microbiology
  • Duodenum / pathology*
  • Female
  • Gastric Juice / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Whipple Disease / diagnosis*