title: Tropheryma whipplei infective endocarditis as the only manifestation of Whipple's disease.
abstract: Here we describe a case of infective endocarditis caused by Tropheryma whipplei in a patient with no other symptoms of Whipple's disease. The case was diagnosed using broad-range PCR and confirmed by specific PCRs. We review the cases of infective endocarditis presenting as the only manifestation of Whipple's disease reported in the literature.
authors: Servicio de Microbiología Clínica y Enfermedades, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. mmarin@microb.net
authors: Mercedes
authors: M
authors: Marín
authors: Patricia
authors: P
authors: Muñoz
authors: Mónica
authors: M
authors: Sánchez
authors: Marina
authors: M
authors: del Rosal
authors: Marta
authors: M
authors: Rodríguez-Créixems
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Bouza
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000382:microbiology*