Treatment refractory arthritis and stroke – A case of infective endocarditis caused by Tropheryma whipplei
Whipple´s disease is a rare multisystem condition affecting < 1/1.000.000 per year. The condition often presents with polyarthritis, diarrhea, and intestinal malabsorption. Endocarditis is seen in a minority of these patients, and is typically culture negative, as the causative agent Tropheryma whipplei does not grow in ordinary culture media. We present the case of a 78-year-old man with a histor