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Whipple disease

Evidencia revisada por última vez: 25 Feb 2026
Tema actualizado por última vez: 20 Sep 2023

Resumen

Definición

病史和体格检查

关键诊断因素

  • diarrhea
  • weight loss
  • arthralgia
  • supranuclear ophthalmoplegia
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其他诊断因素

  • abdominal pain
  • lymphadenopathy
  • fever
  • steatorrhea
  • anemia
  • skin darkening
  • confusion, memory impairment, altered level of consciousness, or dementia
  • apathy
  • anxiety, depression, hypomania, psychosis, change in personality
  • myoclonic signs
  • seizures
  • nystagmus
  • brisk reflexes, extensor plantar responses, weakness predominating in arm extensors and leg flexors, hypertonia
  • amenorrhea, polydipsia, hyperphagia, decreased libido
  • ataxia
  • headaches
  • oculomasticatory and oculofacioskeletal myorhythmias
  • hemiparesis
  • cranial nerve involvement
  • extrapyramidal movement disorder
  • peripheral neuropathies
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危险因素

  • age >50 years
  • male sex
  • genetic factors
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诊断性检查

首要检查

  • CBC
  • serum albumin
  • serum CRP
  • serum ESR
  • upper GI endoscopy
  • Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) staining of duodenal biopsies
  • PCR
  • Tropheryma whipplei-specific immunohistochemistry
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新兴检查

  • electron microscopy
  • culture
  • serology

治疗流程

急症处理

patients without CNS involvement

patients with CNS involvement

撰稿人

作者

Thomas Schneider, MD, PhD

Professor

Medical Department I

Charité - University Medicine Berlin

CBF

Berlin

Germany

利益声明

TS is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Verena Moos, PhD

Scientist

Medical Department I

Charité - University Medicine Berlin

CBF

Berlin

Germany

利益声明

VM is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

同行评议者

Stephen G. Baum, MD

Professor of Medicine

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx

NY

利益声明

SGB declares that he has no competing interests.

Chris Huston, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Infectious Diseases

University of Vermont

Burlington

VT

利益声明

CH declares that he has no competing interests.

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关键文献

Schneider T, Moos V, Loddenkemper C, et al. Whipple's disease: new aspects of pathogenesis and treatment. Lancet Infect Dis. 2008 Mar;8(3):179-90. 摘要

Fenollar F, Puechal X, Raoult D. Whipple's disease. N Engl J Med. 2007 Jan 4;356(1):55-66.

Dobbins WO. Whipple's disease. Springfield, IL: Thomas; 1987.

Louis ED, Lynch T, Kaufmann P, et al. Diagnostic guidelines in central nervous system Whipple's disease. Ann Neurol. 1996 Oct;40(4):561-8. 摘要

Feurle GE, Junga NS, Marth T. Efficacy of ceftriaxone or meropenem as initial therapies in Whipple's disease. Gastroenterology. 2010 Feb;138(2):478-86; quiz 11-2.全文  摘要

Feurle GE, Moos V, Bläker H, et al. Intravenous ceftriaxone, followed by 12 or three months of oral treatment with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in Whipple's disease. J Infect. 2013 Mar;66(3):263-70. 摘要

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