First case of Whipple’s disease successfully treated with tigecycline
First case of Whipple’s disease successfully treated with tigecycline
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Romania: Asociatia pentru Cresterea Vizibilitatii Cercetarii Stiintifice (ACVCS)
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English
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Romania: Asociatia pentru Cresterea Vizibilitatii Cercetarii Stiintifice (ACVCS)
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Whipple's disease is a rare chronic infectious disease caused by
. The infection mainly affects the small intestine of middle-aged patients, approximately three times more often in males than in females causing malabsorption and excessive weight loss but other organs may be affected as well.
We describe a case of a 42-year-old woman with a hi...
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First case of Whipple’s disease successfully treated with tigecycline
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_8057852
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_8057852
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2248-2997
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2248-2997
DOI
10.18683/germs.2021.1246
