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An unusual presentation of a rare disease: acute upper limb ischemia as the presenting symptom of Whipple’s Endocarditis, a case report

BACKGROUND: Whipple's disease is known to cause multiple varied systemic symptoms, and is a well-documented cause of culture-negative endocarditis. Endocarditis secondary to Whipple disease, however, has rarely been known to present primarily as a cause of acute limb ischemia. We describe such...

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Autores principales: Chen, York, Mahatanan, Rattanaporn, Martin, Isabella W., de Gijsel, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10041733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36973675
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08148-5