Severe pulmonary hypertension reversed by antibiotics in a patient with Whipple's disease.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The case is described of a 58 year old man with systemic Whipple's disease with pericardial and pleural effusions and severe pulmonary hypertension. After three months of antibiotic treatment there was a complete resolution, not only of the symptoms known to be associated with Whipple's disease (diarrhoea, arthralgia, pericardial and pleural effusions), but also of pulmonary hypertension.
Medical subject headings
- Hypertension, Pulmonary
- Whipple Disease