Tropheryma whippelii endocarditis confirmed by polymerase chain reaction.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
This report concerns a patient with cardiac manifestation of Whipple's disease. For the first time, the gene that encodes the 16s rRNA of Tropheryma whippelii was identified in a native aortic valve by means of a polymerase chain reaction technique. DNA amplification gives evidence of Tropheryma whippelii as a causative organism in infective endocarditis.
Medical subject headings
- Actinobacteria
- Endocarditis, Bacterial
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Whipple Disease