Tropheryma whipplei in Feces of Patients with Diarrhea in 3 Locations on Different Continents
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Gerhard E. Feurle; Verena Moos; Olfert Landt; Craig Corcoran; Udo Reischl; Matthias Maiwald
- Source
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 27, Iss 3, Pp 932-935 (2021)
- Subject
- Tropheryma whipplei
Whipple disease
diarrhea
gastroenteritis
South Africa
Singapore
Medicine
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1080-6040
1080-6059
We examined fecal specimens of patients with diarrhea from 3 continents for Tropheryma whipplei and enteropathogens. T. whipplei was most common in South Africa, followed by Singapore and Germany. Its presence was associated with the presence of other pathogens. An independent causative role in diarrhea appears unlikely.