Whipple's Disease

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In medicine, Whipple's Disease is "a chronic systemic infection by a gram-positive bacterium, Tropheryma whippelii, mainly affecting the small instestine but also the joints; cardiovascular system; and the central nervous system. The disease is characterized by fat deposits in the intestinal mucosa and lymph nodes, malabsorption, diarrhea with fatty stools, malnutrition, and arthritis."[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Anonymous (2024), Whipple's Disease (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. ↑ Fenollar F, Puéchal X, Raoult D (2007). "Whipple's disease.". N Engl J Med 356 (1): 55-66. DOI:10.1056/NEJMra062477. PMID 17202456. Research Blogging.
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