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ArticleArquivos brasileiros de cardiologia2025

Whipple's Disease as a Differential Diagnosis of Blood Culture-Negative Endocarditis: A Case Report.

Carolina Kuchenbecker Soares, Rafaela Clara Resende da Silva, Geraldo Brasileiro Filho, Claudio Leo Gelape, Jésus Faria Rosa Júnior, Luiz Guilherme Passaglia

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Article in Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Deciphering whipple's disease complexity.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Carolina Kuchenbecker SoaresHospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brasil.ORCID 0009-0000-1745-8382
Rafaela Clara Resende da SilvaHospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brasil.
Geraldo Brasileiro FilhoHospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brasil.
Claudio Leo GelapeHospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brasil.
Jésus Faria Rosa JúniorHospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brasil.
Luiz Guilherme PassagliaHospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brasil.ORCID 0000-0001-8260-9212

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whipple's endocarditis is a rare infectious condition caused by the bacterium Tropheryma whipplei. Although its systemic form is the most widely recognized, the infection exhibits a broad spectrum of extraintestinal manifestations, with blood culture-negative infective endocarditis being the most common form of cardiac involvement. The case presented in this study underscores the importance of clinical investigation for accurate diagnosis and the application of appropriate treatment.

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Endocarditis, BacterialTropherymaWhipple DiseaseBlood CultureDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansMaleMiddle Aged

Identifiers

PMID40834157
PMCPMC12695097

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