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Tropheryma whipplei Infection (Whipple’s Disease) and Hearing Loss

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Tropheryma whipplei, a bacterial organism which stains gram-positive, is the probable cause of Whipple’s disease [1, 2]. The organism was previously named “Tropheryma whippelii” (note the different spelling). Whipple’s disease was first characterised as a malabsorption syndrome that affected the small bowel; however, it is now recognised to be a multi-system disorder which involves the joints and central nervous and circulatory systems. A large number of cases of culture-negative endocarditis are thought to be caused by T. whipplei [3]. However, since there are only 1000 cases which have so far been reported in the literature, the evidence base for Whipple’s disease remains rather slender [4, 5].

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  1. Section of Otorhinolaryngology, Elaziğ Anadolu Hospital, Elazığ, Türkiye

    Hasan Çetiner

  2. Section of Otorhinolaryngology, Elazığ Fethi Sekin City Hospital, Elazığ, Türkiye

    Nihat Susaman

  3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research (KAHER), Belagavi, Karnataka, India

    Nitin R. Ankle

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Çetiner, H., Susaman, N., Ankle, N.R. (2023). Tropheryma whipplei Infection (Whipple’s Disease) and Hearing Loss. In: Arısoy, A.E., Arısoy, E.S., Bayar Muluk, N., Cingi, C., Correa, A.G. (eds) Hearing Loss in Congenital, Neonatal and Childhood Infections. Comprehensive ENT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38495-0_47

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