Whipple disease
A systemic infection caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Tropheryma whipplei. It affects the small intestine resulting in malabsorption. Other sites or systems affected by the infection are the joints, central nervous system, and the cardiovascular system.
MONDO:0005020
intestinal disorder
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MONDO:0005113
bacterial infectious disease
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MONDO:0043424
digestive system infectious disorder
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Tropheryma whippelii infection
related
Tropheryma whipplei caused disease or disorder
exact
Tropheryma whipplei disease or disorder
exact
Tropheryma whipplei infectious disease
exact
Whipple disease
exact
Whipple's disease
related
intestinal lipodystrophy
exact
intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis
exact
secondary non-tropical sprue
exact