Seronegative Arthritis and Whipple Disease: Risk of Misdiagnosis in the Era of Biologic Agents

We report 2 cases of Whipple disease (WD), previously diagnosed as seronegative polyarthritis and treated for several years with immunosuppressive agents, accordingly. Both cases had been treated over years with cDMARDs and bDMARDs. The first patient was a 48-year-old male, who developed a life-thre...

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Published in:	Case Reports in Rheumatology
Main Authors:	Luca Quartuccio, Ivan Giovannini, Stefano Pizzolitto, Maurizio Scarpa, Salvatore De Vita
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2019-01-01
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3410468

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