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(Stroke. 2000;31:2002.)
© 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

Case Report

An Uncommon Cause of Recurrent Strokes

Tropheryma whippelii Endocarditis

Barbara Naegeli, MD; Fridolin Bannwart, MD Osmund Bertel, MD

From the Cardiac Unit, Department of Internal Medicine (B.N., O.B.) and Department of Pathology (F.B.), Stadtspital Triemli, Zurich, Switzerland.

Correspondence to Barbara Naegeli, MD, Cardiac Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Stadtspital Triemli, CH-8063 Zurich, Switzerland.

Background—Cardiac involvement in Whipple’s disease is not an uncommon phenomenon in autopsies, but its clinical occurrence is often overshadowed by gastrointestinal symptoms. We report a very atypical manifestation of this disorder.

Summary of Report— An extraordinary presentation of an extremely long-lasting, culture-negative endocarditis caused by Tropheryma whippelii is described, the clinical consequence of which has become apparent in recurrent strokes.

Conclusions—Cardiac involvement of Whipple’s disease should always be considered in culture and serologically negative endocarditis. The polymerase chain reaction technique may be a useful tool to confirm a presumed diagnosis of T whippelii endocarditis and consequently to apply an effective treatment regimen.


Key Words: actinobacteria group • endocarditis • stroke • Whipple’s disease




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