TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII ENDOCARDITIS CONFIRMED BY POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION

被引:47
作者
WENDLER, D
MENDOZA, E
SCHLEIFFER, T
ZANDER, M
MAIER, M
机构
[1] GEN HOSP LUDWIGSHAFEN RHEIN,DEPT PATHOL,LUDWIGSHAFEN,GERMANY
[2] GEN HOSP LUDWIGSHAFEN RHEIN,DEPT CARDIAC SURG,LUDWIGSHAFEN,GERMANY
[3] GEN HOSP LUDWIGSHAFEN RHEIN,DEPT NEPHROL & RHEUMATOL,LUDWIGSHAFEN,GERMANY
[4] GEN HOSP LUDWIGSHAFEN RHEIN,DEPT CARDIOL & PULM MED,LUDWIGSHAFEN,GERMANY
[5] GEN HOSP LUDWIGSHAFEN RHEIN,DEPT GASTROENTEROL & HEPATOL,LUDWIGSHAFEN,GERMANY
关键词
POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS; WHIPPLES DISEASE; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;
D O I
10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060928
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
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.
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页码:424 / 425
页数:2
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