title: First isolation of Tropheryma whipplei from bronchoalveolar fluid and clinical implications.
abstract: A patient presented diffuse pulmonary parenchymal micronodules. Tropheryma whipplei was detected in the saliva, a bronchial biopsy and bronchoalveolar fluid. PAS staining, immunohistochemistry and PCR for T. whipplei were negative in the duodenal biopsies. T. whipplei was isolated from the bronchoalveolar fluid, reinforcing its role as a respiratory pathogen.
authors.affiliation: URMITE, CNRS UMR 6236 IRD 198, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fenollar
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ponge
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: La Scola
authors.forename: Jean-Christophe
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lagier
authors.forename: Maëva
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lefebvre
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D054851:Tropheryma / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*