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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
There are no established criteria for the diagnosis of Whipple's disease. | There are no established criteria for the [[diagnosis]] of Whipple's disease. | ||
==Diagnostic Criteria== | ==Diagnostic Criteria== | ||
*There are no established criteria for the diagnosis of Whipple's disease. Diagnosis of Whipple's disease is suspected when patient presents with four cardinal features of Whipple's disease namely [[weight loss]], [[diarrhea]], [[arthralgia]] and [[abdominal pain]]. However, since it is rare, the diagnosis is considered when other systemic inflammatory diseases causing similar symptoms have been ruled out.<ref name="FenollarPuéchal2007">{{cite journal|last1=Fenollar|first1=Florence|last2=Puéchal|first2=Xavier|last3=Raoult|first3=Didier|title=Whipple's Disease|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=356|issue=1|year=2007|pages=55–66|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJMra062477}}</ref><ref name="DutlyAltwegg2001">{{cite journal|last1=Dutly|first1=F.|last2=Altwegg|first2=M.|title=Whipple's Disease and "Tropheryma whippelii"|journal=Clinical Microbiology Reviews|volume=14|issue=3|year=2001|pages=561–583|issn=0893-8512|doi=10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001}}</ref> | *There are no established criteria for the [[diagnosis]] of Whipple's disease. Diagnosis of Whipple's disease is suspected when patient presents with four cardinal features of Whipple's disease namely [[weight loss]], [[diarrhea]], [[arthralgia]] and [[abdominal pain]]. However, since it is rare, the [[diagnosis]] is considered when other systemic [[inflammatory]] [[diseases]] causing similar symptoms have been ruled out.<ref name="FenollarPuéchal2007">{{cite journal|last1=Fenollar|first1=Florence|last2=Puéchal|first2=Xavier|last3=Raoult|first3=Didier|title=Whipple's Disease|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=356|issue=1|year=2007|pages=55–66|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJMra062477}}</ref><ref name="DutlyAltwegg2001">{{cite journal|last1=Dutly|first1=F.|last2=Altwegg|first2=M.|title=Whipple's Disease and "Tropheryma whippelii"|journal=Clinical Microbiology Reviews|volume=14|issue=3|year=2001|pages=561–583|issn=0893-8512|doi=10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Bhagyashree Deshmankar M.B.B.S.[2]; Sadaf Sharfaei M.D.[3]
Overview
There are no established criteria for the diagnosis of Whipple's disease.
Diagnostic Criteria
- There are no established criteria for the diagnosis of Whipple's disease. Diagnosis of Whipple's disease is suspected when patient presents with four cardinal features of Whipple's disease namely weight loss, diarrhea, arthralgia and abdominal pain. However, since it is rare, the diagnosis is considered when other systemic inflammatory diseases causing similar symptoms have been ruled out.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Fenollar, Florence; Puéchal, Xavier; Raoult, Didier (2007). "Whipple's Disease". New England Journal of Medicine. 356 (1): 55–66. doi:10.1056/NEJMra062477. ISSN 0028-4793.
- ↑ Dutly, F.; Altwegg, M. (2001). "Whipple's Disease and "Tropheryma whippelii"". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 14 (3): 561–583. doi:10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001. ISSN 0893-8512.