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Whipple's disease screening

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sadaf Sharfaei M.D.[2]

Overview

Overview

There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for Whipple’s disease.

Screening

Screening

There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for Whipple’s disease.[1]

References

References

  1. Dolmans, Ruben A. V.; Boel, C. H. Edwin; Lacle, Miangela M.; Kusters, Johannes G. (2017). “Clinical Manifestations, Treatment, and Diagnosis of Tropheryma whipplei Infections”. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 30 (2): 529–555. doi:10.1128/CMR.00033-16. ISSN 0893-8512.

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