Polymerase chain reaction analysis for diagnosis of Tropheryma whippelii infective endocarditis in two patients with no previous evidence of Whipple's disease.
Célard
M
M
1Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Louis Pradel, 69394 Lyon Cedex 03, France.
de Gevigney
G
G
Mosnier
S
S
Buttard
P
P
Benito
Y
Y
Etienne
J
J
Vandenesch
F
F
D039903:Actinobacteria; D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000150:complications*