Severe pneumonia in adults caused by Tropheryma whipplei and Candida sp. infection: a 2019 case series

Severe pneumonia in adults caused by Tropheryma whipplei and Candida sp. infection: a 2019 case series

Abstract Background Whipple’s disease is a chronic infectious disease caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Tropheryma whipplei (TW), which not only affects the gastrointestinal tract and causes malabsorption of nutrients, but several other systems, such as the cardiovascular system, central nervous...

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Main Authors: Wei Li, Qun Zhang, Yanling Xu, Xiyue Zhang, Qian Huang, Zhenzhong Su
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Tropheryma whipplei
Candida
Pneumonia
Metagenomics next-generation sequencing
Bronchoalveolar lavage
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-020-01384-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-020-01384-4

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