Journal of Nephrology & Therapeutics

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Publications

• Case Report
  Malabsorption Syndrome Due to Tropheryma Whipplei Severe Infection in a Patient Thirteen Years after Kidney Transplantation
  Author(s): Abdellaoui I, Sahtout W, Ben Mansour I, Mokni M, Azzabi A, Mrabet S, Guedri Y, Zellama D, Toumi S, Sabri F, Amor S, Achour A and Jmaa AAbdellaoui I, Sahtout W, Ben Mansour I, Mokni M, Azzabi A, Mrabet S, Guedri Y, Zellama D, Toumi S, Sabri F, Amor S, Achour A and Jmaa A
  
  Whipple's disease (WD) is a rare chronic and multi-systemic infectious illness. The exposing factor to WD is an underlying genetic predisposition that leads to colonization of T. whipplei throughout the intestinal tract. Here, we report the first case of WD, to our knowledge, with typical systemic and gastrointestinal manifestations, malabsorption syndrome and serious alteration leading to death in a kidney transplant recipient. We intend to describe its clinical presentation, the methods for its diagnosis, and the outcome of treatment. It's a 27-year-old man without history of arthritis or diarrheal illness. He received a cadaveric graft in 23/12/1999 at the age of fifteen. His HLA analysis was A1 A33 B14 B35 BRB1*01 DRB1*11. The recipient lived in an urban environment without well water or animals. Five years after transplantation, he complained of diarrhoea and fever with a negativ.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0959.1000272

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