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Tropheryma whipplei—A rare and diagnostically challenging cause of culture-negative endocarditis

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1 Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

2 Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

3 University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

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Hong Loan Nguyen

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Article ID: 101103Z01HN2020

doi: 10.5348/101103Z01HN2020CR

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Nguyen HL, Goebel M, Palaskas N, McCants D. Tropheryma whipplei—A rare and diagnostically challenging cause of culture-negative endocarditis. Int J Case Rep Images 2020;11:101103Z01HN2020.

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Keywords: Culture-negative endocarditis, Tropheryma whipplei, Whipple’s disease, Whipple’s endocarditis

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Acknowledgments

Histopathology images were provided by Dr. Kenneth Muldrew, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine. The case has been presented as a poster contribution in the Conference of American College of Cardiology on March 16, 2019.

Author Contributions

Hong Loan Nguyen - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published

Melanie Goebel - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published

Nicolas Palaskas - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published

David McCants - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published

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The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission.

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Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this article.

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All relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.

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Authors declare no conflict of interest.

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