The Brief Case: Tropheryma whipplei Infection Resulting in Neurological Symptoms

J Clin Microbiol. 2022 Aug 17;60(8):e0147821. doi: 10.1128/jcm.01478-21. Epub 2022 Aug 17.

Authors

M H Hyche¹, P Kent², C M G Schammel³, M Devane⁴, S E Fiester^{3

5}, M Call², J Knight^{3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Prisma Health Upstate, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
³ Pathology Associates, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Prisma Health Upstate, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
⁵ Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Tropheryma whipplei; Whipple’s Disease; central nervous system manifestations of infection; diagnostic algorithm.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Actinomycetales Infections* / drug therapy
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Humans
Tropheryma / genetics
Whipple Disease* / complications
Whipple Disease* / diagnosis
Whipple Disease* / drug therapy

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents