title: Whipple's disease.
abstract: A 74 year old male patient with weight loss, diarrohea, loss of appetite, anemia, thrombocytopenia and culture negative endocarditis was diagnosed to have Whipple's disease. We are reporting this case, as it is a rare disease with fewer than 1000 validated cases reported in literature.
authors.affiliation: P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Manish A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Chhabria
authors.forename: Reeta J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Dalal
authors.forename: Devendra C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Ramesh B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Deshpande
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010503:Periodic Acid-Schiff Reaction; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents