Whipple Disease Associated with Giardiasis

Whipple disease associated with giardiasis.

We tested 53 fixed duodenal biopsy samples from 25 patients with Whipple disease for the presence Giardia and 6 fresh duodenal biopsy samples for Giardia duodenalis DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We also used histological examination and PCR assay to determine the prevalence of G. duodenalis in duodenal biopsy samples from 150 control patients without Whipple disease. Three of 25 patie...

Pulmonary hypertension associated with Whipple disease.

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Bilateral panuveitis associated with Whipple disease – case report

PURPOSE To describe a clinical case and literature review of Whipple disease. METHODS A 65-year-old male with bilateral decreased visual acuity for 3 weeks as well as bilateral hypoacusia, vertigo, disequilibrium, headache and decreased strength in the right upper limb for 4 months. The clinical work-up revealed a bilateral panuveitis and an ischemic cerebellar stroke. RESULT The diagnosis ...

Giardiasis—A Definite Disease

Giardiasis and coeliac disease.

Carsweli, F., Gibson, A. A. M., and McAllister, T. A. (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48, 414. Giardiasis and coeliac disease. The incidence of Giardia lamblia infestation, as shown by examination of the stools, is the same in normal and coeliac children. 93 patients who were suspected of having coeliac disease had upper intestinal biopsies examined for giardia infestation. These pati...