title: Tropheryma whipplei in the skin of patients with classic Whipple's disease.
abstract: Positive Tropheryma whipplei PCR results in skin biopsies were frequent in patients with classic Whipple's disease without skin manifestations. The bacterium was alive, as a strain was successfully cultured. The skin may be a reservoir for T. whipplei and may be helpful in the non-invasive diagnosis of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Université de la Méditerranée, Unité des Rickettsies, URMITE CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, Faculté de Médecine, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Emmanouil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Angelakis
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fenollar
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lepidi
authors.forename: Marie-Laure
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Birg
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*; D054851:Tropheryma / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000382:microbiology*