Culture Negative Endocarditis With Tropheryma whipplei

Tropheryma whipplei endocarditis is an increasingly recognized cause of culture negative endocarditis but is challenging to diagnose and often not accompanied by typical symptoms of Whipple disease. In this report, we describe a case of T. whipplei endocarditis and share echocardiographic images fro...

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Main Authors: Jennifer M. Bergeron, Trace C. Barrett, Allen B. Repp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American College of Physicians 2022-07-01
Series:Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Online Access:https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2022.0277
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description Tropheryma whipplei endocarditis is an increasingly recognized cause of culture negative endocarditis but is challenging to diagnose and often not accompanied by typical symptoms of Whipple disease. In this report, we describe a case of T. whipplei endocarditis and share echocardiographic images from the patient case.
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spelling doaj-art-c97d1cbdc67a48d8bd56835e823fccb72025-08-20T03:18:49ZengAmerican College of PhysiciansAnnals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases2767-76642022-07-011510.7326/aimcc.2022.0277Culture Negative Endocarditis With Tropheryma whippleiJennifer M. Bergeron0Trace C. Barrett1Allen B. Repp21Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee2Department of Medicine, Robert Larner MD College of Medicine, The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont2Department of Medicine, Robert Larner MD College of Medicine, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VermontTropheryma whipplei endocarditis is an increasingly recognized cause of culture negative endocarditis but is challenging to diagnose and often not accompanied by typical symptoms of Whipple disease. In this report, we describe a case of T. whipplei endocarditis and share echocardiographic images from the patient case.https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2022.0277
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