The History of Whipple's Disease
Healio Rheuminations
English - June 09, 2020 17:25 - 26 minutes - 22.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness arthritis autoimmune lupus medicine rheumatoid rheumatology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This episode delves into the history of Whipple’s disease — from its initial description, to the lengthy process of proving it’s an infectious disease.
Intro :11 In this episode :12 The initial case report 1:35 How I fit into the history of Whipple’s 4:46 Back to the case report 6:56 Bodies in the intestines 10:12 More about George Hoyt Whipple 10:50 Whipple may not have been the first to identify this condition 14:19 First treatment with antibiotics 15:55 Personality change after antibiotics 19:12 Whipple’s disease intestines have positive staining 20:20 Using the electron microscope in Whipple’s disease 21:18 Summary and take-home 25:19Disclosure: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures.
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