Systemic Tropheryma whippleii infection associated with monoclonal B-cell proliferation: a Helicobacter pylori-type pathogenesis?
Wang S, Ernst LM, Smith BR, Tallini G, Howe JG, Crouch J, Cooper DL. Systemic Tropheryma whippleii infection associated with monoclonal B-cell proliferation: a Helicobacter pylori-type pathogenesis? Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2003, 127: 1619-22. PMID: 14632565, DOI: 10.5858/2003-127-1619-stwiaw.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMonoclonal B-cell proliferationLymph nodesB cell proliferationWhipple's diseasePeripheral bloodPolymerase chain reactionB cellsRight axillary lymph nodeAxillary lymph nodesMesenteric lymph nodesMonoclonal B-cell populationTime of presentationPatients' peripheral bloodPrevious biopsy specimensChain reactionB-cell lymphomaMonoclonal B cellsB cell populationsPeriodic acid-Schiff stainFlow cytometry studiesRoutine cytogenetic studiesEntire followMesenteric lymphBiopsy specimensImmunohistochemical stains