Whipple Disease
A chronic systemic infection by a gram-positive bacterium, Tropheryma whippelii, mainly affecting the SMALL INTESTINE but also the JOINTS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; and the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. The disease is characterized by fat deposits in the INTESTINAL MUCOSA and LYMPH NODES, malabsorption, DIARRHEA with fatty stools, MALNUTRITION, and ARTHRITIS.
Year introduced: 2004 (1996)
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Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.410.040.137.631, C06.405.469.637.925, C18.452.603.925
MeSH Unique ID: D008061
Entry Terms:
- Disease, Whipple
- Lipodystrophy, Intestinal
- Intestinal Lipodystrophy
- Whipple's Disease
- Disease, Whipple's
- Whipples Disease