Concurrent Whipple's disease and Giardia lamblia infection in a patient presenting with weight loss

I A Gisbertz; D C Bergmans; J A van Marion-Kievit; H R Haak

doi:10.1016/s0953-6205(01)00165-0

Concurrent Whipple's disease and Giardia lamblia infection in a patient presenting with weight loss

Eur J Intern Med. 2001 Dec;12(6):525-8. doi: 10.1016/s0953-6205(01)00165-0.

Authors

I A Gisbertz¹, D C Bergmans, J A van Marion-Kievit, H R Haak

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Diaconessenhuis Eindhoven, P.O. Box 90.052, 5600 PD, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

PMID: 11711278
DOI: 10.1016/s0953-6205(01)00165-0

Abstract

Whipple's disease is an uncommon systemic disease caused by the recently cultured Tropheryma whippelii, classically presenting with gastrointestinal symptoms. We report a patient with weight loss and malabsorption in which Whipple's disease and concurrent Giardia lamblia infection were diagnosed. Moreover, multiple small bowel polyps were present. The relationship between concurrent Whipple's disease and Giardia lamblia infection is discussed.