title: Severe pulmonary hypertension reversed by antibiotics in a patient with Whipple's disease.
abstract: The case is described of a 58 year old man with systemic Whipple's disease with pericardial and pleural effusions and severe pulmonary hypertension. After three months of antibiotic treatment there was a complete resolution, not only of the symptoms known to be associated with Whipple's disease (diarrhoea, arthralgia, pericardial and pleural effusions), but also of pulmonary hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Riemer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hainz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stain
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dekan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feldner-Busztin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schenk
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sertl
authors.forename: O C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Burghuber
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents