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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Published in:	Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
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
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