Tropheryma whipplei in Feces of Patients with Diarrhea in 3 Locations on Different Continents

We examined fecal specimens of patients with diarrhea from 3 continents for Tropheryma whipplei and enteropathogens. T. whipplei was most common in South Africa, followed by Singapore and Germany. Its presence was associated with the presence of other pathogens. An independent causative role in diar...

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Autores principales: Feurle, Gerhard E., Moos, Verena, Landt, Olfert, Corcoran, Craig, Reischl, Udo, Maiwald, Matthias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7920677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33622479
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2703.200182
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Sumario:We examined fecal specimens of patients with diarrhea from 3 continents for Tropheryma whipplei and enteropathogens. T. whipplei was most common in South Africa, followed by Singapore and Germany. Its presence was associated with the presence of other pathogens. An independent causative role in diarrhea appears unlikely.

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