Value ofTropheryma whippleiQuantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Diagnosis of Whipple Disease: Usefulness of Saliva and Stool Specimens for First‐Line Screening | Zendy

Florence Fenollar | Zendy; Sonia Laouira | Zendy; Hubert Lépidi | Zendy; JeanMarc Rolain | Zendy; Didier Raoult | Zendy

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Value ofTropheryma whippleiQuantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Diagnosis of Whipple Disease: Usefulness of Saliva and Stool Specimens for First‐Line Screening

Author(s) -

Florence Fenollar,

Sonia Laouira,

Hubert Lépidi,

JeanMarc Rolain,

Didier Raoult

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/590559

Subject(s) - tropheryma whipplei , whipple's disease , whipple disease , polymerase chain reaction , medicine , saliva , feces , microbiology and biotechnology , gastroenterology , virology , disease , pathology , biology , intestinal malabsorption , gene , genetics , coeliac disease

Whipple disease (WD) is a chronic infectious disease caused by Tropheryma whipplei. WD DNA has been found in stool and saliva specimens from patients and asymptomatic carriers.

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