Université de la Méditerranée, Unité des Rickettsies, URMITE CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, Faculté de Médecine, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France.
J Infect. 2010 Sep;61(3):266-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.06.007. Epub 2010 Jun 19.
Positive Tropheryma whipplei PCR results in skin biopsies were frequent in patients with classic Whipple's disease without skin manifestations. The bacterium was alive, as a strain was successfully cultured. The skin may be a reservoir for T. whipplei and may be helpful in the non-invasive diagnosis of the disease.
在无皮肤表现的经典 Whipple 病患者的皮肤活检中，频繁出现阳性 Tropheryma whipplei PCR 结果。该细菌是活的，因为成功培养了一株菌株。皮肤可能是 T. whipplei 的储库，有助于非侵入性诊断该疾病。
