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Whipple’s Disease: When Should a Rheumatologist Take a Whiff of Whipple’s?
Whipple’s Disease: When Should a Rheumatologist Take a Whiff of Whipple’s?
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47 minutes
Released:
May 20, 2020
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This episode dives into the rare Whipple’s disease, focusing on the articular manifestations of this infectious masquerader and when a rheumatologist should consider it in the differential. Brought to you by GSK. Considering a treatment change for patients with active SLE? Learn about a treatment option for your patients at treatfortodayandtomorrow.com. Intro :20 In this episode :28 Background on the organism 5:25 An important point when making the diagnosis 7:48 Who gets infected? 8:55 What is Whipple’s disease? 11:48 This disease is fatal 15:53 A look at the joints 16:28 What happens when you give these patients immunosuppression? 26:36 How to diagnose 28:38 Summary so far 31:00 Brought to you by GSK. Consider the long-term impact of disease activity, flares and corticosteroid use on patients with active SLE. Learn more now at treatfortodayandtomorrow.com Other organ manifestations of Whipple’s disease 32:08 Summary and take-home 44:36 Disclosure: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures. We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to rheuminationspodcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @HRheuminations @AdamJBrownMD @HealioRheum References: Bousbia S, et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010;16:258-63. Chan RY, et al. Ophthalmology. 2001;108:2225-2231. Dobbins 3rd WO, et al. Arthritis Rheum. 1987;30:102-105. Durand DV, et al. Medicine (Baltimore). 1997;76:170-84. Fenollar F, et al. BMC Infect Dis. 2011;11:171. Feurle GE, et al. Eur J Clin Invest. 1979;9:385-389. Geissdörfer W, et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2012;50:216-22. Guérin A, et al. Elife. 2018;7:e32340. Heffner DK. Lancet. 2007;370:738-9; author reply 739. Keita AK, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011;5:e1403. Lagier JC, et al. Medicine (Baltimore). 2010;89:337-345. Lozupone C, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013;187:1110-7. McAllister Jr. HA, Fenoglio Jr. JJ. Circulation. 1975;52:152-6. O’Duffy JD, et al. Arthritis Rheum. 1999;42:812-817. Puéchal X. Joint Bone Spine. 2016;83:631-635. Puéchal X, et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2002;46:1130-1132. Puéchal X, et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2007;56:1713-1718. Raheja AA, et al. Clin Imaging. 2010;34:143-147. Ramos JM, et al. J Med Case Rep. 2015;9:165. Raoult D, et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010;16:776-82. Schöniger-Hekele M, et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007;73:2033-2035. Stein A, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013;188:1036-7. Additional resource: Neurosigns.org’s video on oculomasticatory myorhythmia can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwb5bt749Jo
Released:
May 20, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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