Pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of Whipple's disease

Abstract

Whipple’s disease can involve any organ of the human economy thanks to the ability of the bacteria that causes it to evade the host immune system. Since its discovery to present the diagnosis and treatment have become a real challenge, though important, what it represents in the patient's prognosis. The aim of this paper is to review the pathogenesis, diagnostic and therapeutic options in the light of current evidence.

Keywords

• Whipple’s disease
• physiopathology
• therapeutics