Whipple’s disease and risk factor in three case reports

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https://doi.org/10.47456/rbps.v23isupl_1.36619

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Tropheryma whipplei, Whipple Disease, Diarrhea, Tropheryma

Abstract

Introduction: Whipple’s Disease is a chronic infection disease caused by the bacterium Tropheryma whipplei and is characterized by diarrhea, arthralgia, weight loss and neurological disorders. The infection occurs more frequently in immunosuppressed patients. Case report: Whipple’s Disease was diagnosed in three Caucasian mans. Two with alcohol dependence history, one of them with hepatic cirrhosis and another was a sewage drainage worker. The third patient was who have no obvious risk factor Identify immunosuppressive factors and repetitive stools contact can help in the diagnosis. Conclusion: Whipple’s Disease, being rare and with variable symptomatology, needs medical suspicion to diagnose early provide treatment reducing morbimortality and neurological sequelae.

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2022-03-10

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Andre Rueda-Dantas M, Zago Gomes Rueda B, Campana Tardin R, Brasileiro Vieira Puppo M, Morette de Oliveira P, Filgueira Alves Batista DC, et al. Whipple’s disease and risk factor in three case reports. RBPS [Internet]. 2022 Mar. 10 [cited 2025 Apr. 5];23(supl_1):27-32. Available from: https://periodicos.ufes.br/rbps/article/view/36619

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Vol. 23 No. supl_1 (2021)

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Relato de Caso

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