Whipple’s disease mimicking rheumatoid arthritis can cause misdiagnosis and treatment failure

Whipple’s disease mimicking rheumatoid arthritis can cause misdiagnosis and treatment failure

Abstract Background Whipple’s disease, a rare chronic infectious disorder caused by Tropheryma whipplei, may present with predominant joint manifestations mimicking rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods A retrospective single-center cohort study of seven patients was performed. Clinical symptoms were a...

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Main Authors: Cornelia Glaser, Siegbert Rieg, Thorsten Wiech, Christine Scholz, Dominique Endres, Oliver Stich, Peter Hasselblatt, Walter Geißdörfer, Christian Bogdan, Annerose Serr, Georg Häcker, Reinhard E. Voll, Jens Thiel, Nils Venhoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Subjects:
Tropheryma whipplei
Whipple’s disease
Infectious arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Treatment resistant arthritis
Erosive arthritis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13023-017-0630-4

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