Tropheryma whipplei infective endocarditis as the only manifestation of Whipple's disease.
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.
Marín
Mercedes
M
Servicio de Microbiología Clínica y Enfermedades, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. mmarin@microb.net
Muñoz
Patricia
P
Sánchez
Mónica
M
del Rosal
Marina
M
Rodríguez-Créixems
Marta
M
Bouza
E
E
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*