Whipple’s disease: diagnosis and predictive factors of relapse

Conclusions In current practice, it is highly difficult to diagnose Whipple’s disease. In order to decrease the delay between the first symptoms and the diagnosis, effective tools such as saliva and stools PCR should be used because higher delays of diagnosis lead to a higher number of relapses.
Source: European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Original Articles: Gastroenterology Source Type: research