title: [A case of Whipple's disease with ankylosing spondylarthritis treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole].
abstract: We report the case of a patient, suffering from Whipple's disease and HLA B27 positive ankylosing spondylitis with syndesmophytes and erosive discopathy. Since spinal radiographic aspects of spondylitis due to Whipple's disease are unusual, we are debating on their relation. We, then, took an interest in the treatment given to this patient: trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole which would now appear to be the best antibiotic for Whipple's disease.
authors.affiliation: Service d'hépato-gastroentérologie, Hôpital Robert Debré, Reims.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blaison
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carteret
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Renard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Le Louargant
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Diebold
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lecocq
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brochot
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gougeon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zeitoun
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000473:pathology; D008022:Ligaments / Q000473:pathology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
vernacular_title: Un cas de maladie de Whipple avec spondylarthrite ankylosante traité par triméthoprime-sulfaméthoxazole.