 Whipple Disease
"Whipple Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A chronic systemic infection by a gram-positive bacterium, Tropheryma whippelii, mainly affecting the SMALL INTESTINE but also the JOINTS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; and the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. The disease is characterized by fat deposits in the INTESTINAL MUCOSA and LYMPH NODES, malabsorption, DIARRHEA with fatty stools, MALNUTRITION, and ARTHRITIS.
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D008061
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.040.137.631 C06.405.469.637.925 C18.452.603.925
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| Concept/Terms |
Whipple Disease- Whipple Disease
- Disease, Whipple
- Whipple's Disease
- Disease, Whipple's
- Whipples Disease
- Lipodystrophy, Intestinal
- Intestinal Lipodystrophy
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Whipple Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Borne RT, Babu A, Levi M, Brieke A, Quaife RA. Tropheryma whipplei Endocarditis: A Two-patient Case Series. Am J Med. 2015 Dec; 128(12):1364-6.
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Obma KL, Marx GE, Mauchley D, Seres T, Babu A, Saveli CC, Bartels K. CASE 12--2015: Tropheryma Whipplei Endocarditis. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Dec; 29(6):1712-6.
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Lozupone C, Cota-Gomez A, Palmer BE, Linderman DJ, Charlson ES, Sodergren E, Mitreva M, Abubucker S, Martin J, Yao G, Campbell TB, Flores SC, Ackerman G, Stombaugh J, Ursell L, Beck JM, Curtis JL, Young VB, Lynch SV, Huang L, Weinstock GM, Knox KS, Twigg H, Morris A, Ghedin E, Bushman FD, Collman RG, Knight R, Fontenot AP. Widespread colonization of the lung by Tropheryma whipplei in HIV infection. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 May 15; 187(10):1110-7.
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Najm S, Hajjar J, Nelson RP, Moorthy RS, Wolf KM, Lahm T. Whipple's disease-associated pulmonary hypertension with positive vasodilator response despite severe hemodynamic derangements. Can Respir J. 2011 Sep-Oct; 18(5):e70-2.
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