Diagnosis of Whipple’s disease as a sporadic infectious disease
https://doi.org/10.31146/1682-8658-ecg-233-1-137-142
Abstract
This publication is devoted to a rather late and difficult diagnosis of Whipple’s disease in an adult patient of 37 years old, with a 4-year history of slowly progressive formation of multiorgan failure against the background of lack of correct diagnosis, lack of prescription of etiologically significant treatment; at the same time undergoing detailed examinations in various medical structures for several years.
About the Authors
A. V. Goryainova
“MD Group hospital”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
N. Yu. Kashirskaya
Research Center for Medical Genetics; Moscow Region Research and Clinical Institute n. a. M.F. Vladimirskiy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
R. A. Zinchenko
Research Center for Medical Genetics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A. I. Khavkin
Research Clinical Institute of Childhood, Ministry of Health of the Moscow Region; Belgorod State Research University. Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Goryainova A.V., Kashirskaya N.Yu., Zinchenko R.A., Khavkin A.I. Diagnosis of Whipple’s disease as a sporadic infectious disease. Experimental and Clinical Gastroenterology. 2025;(1):137-142. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31146/1682-8658-ecg-233-1-137-142
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