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Tropheryma whipplei—A rare and diagnostically challenging cause of culture-negative endocarditis
1 Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
2 Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
3 University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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Hong Loan Nguyen
MD, Baylor College of Medicine, McNair Campus, 7200 Cambridge St., Suite 8B, Houston, Texas 77030,
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Article ID: 101103Z01HN2020
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Nguyen HL, Goebel M, Palaskas N, McCants D. Tropheryma whipplei—A rare and diagnostically challenging cause of culture-negative endocarditis. Int J Case Rep Images 2020;11:101103Z01HN2020.ABSTRACT
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Keywords: Culture-negative endocarditis, Tropheryma whipplei, Whipple’s disease, Whipple’s endocarditis
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Histopathology images were provided by Dr. Kenneth Muldrew, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine. The case has been presented as a poster contribution in the Conference of American College of Cardiology on March 16, 2019.
Author ContributionsHong Loan Nguyen - Conception of the work, Design of the work, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Drafting the work, Revising the work critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Melanie Goebel - Conception of the work, Design of the work, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Drafting the work, Revising the work critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Nicolas Palaskas - Conception of the work, Design of the work, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Drafting the work, Revising the work critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
David McCants - Conception of the work, Design of the work, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Drafting the work, Revising the work critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
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Data AvailabilityAll relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.
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