Pulmonary parenchymal involvement caused by Tropheryma whipplei

We report a 26-year-old man with left chest pain for 4 days. His chest CT showed a cavity in the left upper lung. Tuberculosis was suspected first, but metagenomics next generation sequencing (mNGS) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid only detected Tropheryma whipplei. Tropheryma whipplei is the pathoge...

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Main Authors: Zhang Wen Mei, Xu Ling
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: De Gruyter 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b9cc2e07b6d349eda9417e5e64f5852b
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