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*Whipple's disease is a rare bacterial systemic infection caused by Tropheryma whipplei.<ref name="pmid18291339">{{cite journal |vauthors=Schneider T, Moos V, Loddenkemper C, Marth T, Fenollar F, Raoult D |title=Whipple's disease: new aspects of pathogenesis and treatment |journal=Lancet Infect Dis |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=179–90 |year=2008 |pmid=18291339 |doi=10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70042-2 |url=}}</ref>
*Whipple's disease is a rare bacterial systemic infection caused by Tropheryma whipplei.<ref name="pmid18291339">{{cite journal |vauthors=Schneider T, Moos V, Loddenkemper C, Marth T, Fenollar F, Raoult D |title=Whipple's disease: new aspects of pathogenesis and treatment |journal=Lancet Infect Dis |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=179–90 |year=2008 |pmid=18291339 |doi=10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70042-2 |url=}}</ref>
*Tropheryma whipplei is a periodic acid-Schiff stain positive, gram-positive bacillus of actinomycetes family.  
*Tropheryma whipplei is a periodic acid-Schiff stain positive, gram-positive bacillus of actinomycetes family.<ref name="SchwartzmanSchwartzman2013">{{cite journal|last1=Schwartzman|first1=Sergio|last2=Schwartzman|first2=Monica|title=Whipple's Disease|journal=Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America|volume=39|issue=2|year=2013|pages=313–321|issn=0889857X|doi=10.1016/j.rdc.2013.03.005}}</ref>
* The bacteria lives in soil and wastewater. Farmers and everyone who has any contact with contaminated soil and water are in high risk of the infection.  
* The bacteria lives in soil and wastewater. Farmers and everyone who has any contact with contaminated soil and water are in high risk of the infection.  
*It is transmitted through oro-oral and feco-oral routes.  
*It is transmitted through oro-oral and feco-oral routes.  

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  • Whipple's disease is a rare bacterial systemic infection caused by Tropheryma whipplei.[1]
  • Tropheryma whipplei is a periodic acid-Schiff stain positive, gram-positive bacillus of actinomycetes family.[2]
  • The bacteria lives in soil and wastewater. Farmers and everyone who has any contact with contaminated soil and water are in high risk of the infection.
  • It is transmitted through oro-oral and feco-oral routes.
  • It is believed that human being is the only reservoir for this bacteria.
  • It invades primarily intestines and then every other organ including the heart, brain, joints, skin, lungs and the eyes.
  • Tropheryma whipplei infection has four different manifestations: acute infection, the classic Whipple’s disease, chronic carrier state[3], localized chronic infection.


  • Following transmission/ingestion, the [pathogen] uses the [entry site] to invade the [cell name] cell.
  • [Disease or malignancy name] arises from [cell name]s, which are [cell type] cells that are normally involved in [function of cells].
  • The progression to [disease name] usually involves the [molecular pathway].
  • The pathophysiology of [disease/malignancy] depends on the histological subtype.

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  • [Disease name] is transmitted in [mode of genetic transmission] pattern.
  • Genes involved in the pathogenesis of [disease name] include [gene1], [gene2], and [gene3].
  • The development of [disease name] is the result of multiple genetic mutations.

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  • On gross pathology, [feature1], [feature2], and [feature3] are characteristic findings of [disease name].

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  • On microscopic histopathological analysis, [feature1], [feature2], and [feature3] are characteristic findings of [disease name].


References

  1. Schneider T, Moos V, Loddenkemper C, Marth T, Fenollar F, Raoult D (2008). "Whipple's disease: new aspects of pathogenesis and treatment". Lancet Infect Dis. 8 (3): 179–90. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70042-2. PMID 18291339.
  2. Schwartzman, Sergio; Schwartzman, Monica (2013). "Whipple's Disease". Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America. 39 (2): 313–321. doi:10.1016/j.rdc.2013.03.005. ISSN 0889-857X.
  3. Street, Sara; Donoghue, Helen D; Neild, GH (1999). "Tropheryma whippelii DNA in saliva of healthy people". The Lancet. 354 (9185): 1178–1179. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03065-2. ISSN 0140-6736.

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