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Culture of Tropheryma whippelii from the Vitreous Fluid of a Patient Presenting with Unilateral Uveitis
- Michel Drancourt, MD, PhD;
- Didier Raoult, MD, PhD;
- Hubert Lépidi, MD, PhD;
- Florence Fénollar, MD;
- Marie-Laure Birg;
- Bahram Bodaghi, MD, PhD;
- Phuc Le Hoang, MD, PhD; and
- Jean-Daniel Lelièvre, MD
- From Unité des Rickettsie, 13385 Marseille, France; Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpétrière, 75013 Paris, France; and Hôpital Bichat, 75877 Paris, France.
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TO THE EDITOR:
Background: Whipple disease is a multisystem infection by Tropheryma whippelii (1), and only 7 cases of associated bilateral uveitis have been documented. We report the first case, to our knowledge, of chronic, unilateral T. whippelii uveitis diagnosed by culture and by direct detection of organisms in the vitreous by immunohistochemical staining.
Case Report: …
