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Severe Hypothermia in a Patient with Cerebral Relapse of Whipple’s Disease

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The diagnosis of cerebral relapse of Whipple’s disease in a 67-year-old patient was made after he presented with somnolence and severe hypothermia 4 months after discontinuing treatment with cotrimoxazole. Hypothermia is a rare hypothalamic manifestation of cerebral Whipple’s disease.

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  1. Dept. of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Zurich, CH-8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    B. Himmelmann, G. Schoedon & A. Schaffner

  2. Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    S. Brandner

  3. Dept. of Neurology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    H. H. Jung

  4. Institute of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    B. Schuknecht

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Himmelmann, B., Brandner, S., Jung, H.H. et al. Severe Hypothermia in a Patient with Cerebral Relapse of Whipple’s Disease. Infection 32, 119–121 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-004-3024-1

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