Whipple's disease surgery

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

Overview

The mainstay of treatment for Whipple’s disease is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with cardiac complications and heart valves involvement.

Surgery

The mainstay of treatment for Whipple’s disease is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with cardiac involvement:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
- Surgical resection of the infected valve
- Surgical replacement of infected mitral or aortic valve

References

↑ Dutly F, Altwegg M (2001). “Whipple’s disease and “Tropheryma whippelii““. Clin Microbiol Rev. 14 (3): 561–83. doi:10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001. PMC 88990. PMID 11432814.
↑ Schoniger-Hekele, M.; Petermann, D.; Weber, B.; Muller, C. (2007). “Tropheryma whipplei in the Environment: Survey of Sewage Plant Influxes and Sewage Plant Workers”. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73 (6): 2033–2035. doi:10.1128/AEM.02335-06. ISSN 0099-2240.
↑ Bureš, Jan; Kopáčová, Marcela; Douda, Tomáš; Bártová, Jolana; Tomš, Jan; Rejchrt, Stanislav; Tachecí, Ilja (2013). “Whipple’s Disease: Our Own Experience and Review of the Literature”. Gastroenterology Research and Practice. 2013: 1–10. doi:10.1155/2013/478349. ISSN 1687-6121.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ Conly JM, Johnston BL (2001). “Rare but not so rare: The evolving spectrum of Whipple’s disease”. Can J Infect Dis. 12 (3): 133–5. PMC 2094813. PMID 18159328.

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[pmid11432814-1] Dutly F, Altwegg M (2001). “Whipple’s disease and “Tropheryma whippelii““. Clin Microbiol Rev. 14 (3): 561–83. doi:10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001. PMC 88990. PMID 11432814.

[Schoniger-HekelePetermann2007-2] Schoniger-Hekele, M.; Petermann, D.; Weber, B.; Muller, C. (2007). “Tropheryma whipplei in the Environment: Survey of Sewage Plant Influxes and Sewage Plant Workers”. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73 (6): 2033–2035. doi:10.1128/AEM.02335-06. ISSN 0099-2240.

[BurešKopáčová2013-3] Bureš, Jan; Kopáčová, Marcela; Douda, Tomáš; Bártová, Jolana; Tomš, Jan; Rejchrt, Stanislav; Tachecí, Ilja (2013). “Whipple’s Disease: Our Own Experience and Review of the Literature”. Gastroenterology Research and Practice. 2013: 1–10. doi:10.1155/2013/478349. ISSN 1687-6121.

[DutlyAltwegg2001-4] 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.

[DolmansBoel2017-5] 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.

[pmid18159328-6] Conly JM, Johnston BL (2001). “Rare but not so rare: The evolving spectrum of Whipple’s disease”. Can J Infect Dis. 12 (3): 133–5. PMC 2094813. PMID 18159328.

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Whipple's disease surgery

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