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*Infection - caused by ''Tropheryma whipplei'' | *Infection - caused by ''Tropheryma whipplei''<ref name=pmid11777846>{{cite journal |author=Liang Z, La Scola B, Raoult D |title=Monoclonal antibodies to immunodominant epitope of Tropheryma whipplei |journal=Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=156?9 |year=2002 |month=January |pmid=11777846 |pmc=119894 |doi= |url=http://cvi.asm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=11777846}}</ref> a rod-shaped organisms.<ref name=pmid11764080>{{Cite journal | last1 = Alkan | first1 = S. | last2 = Beals | first2 = TF. | last3 = Schnitzer | first3 = B. | title = Primary diagnosis of whipple disease manifesting as lymphadenopathy: use of polymerase chain reaction for detection of Tropheryma whippelii. | journal = Am J Clin Pathol | volume = 116 | issue = 6 | pages = 898-904 | month = Dec | year = 2001 | doi = 10.1309/7678-E2DW-HFJ5-QYUJ | PMID = 11764080 }}</ref> | ||
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