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Tropheryma

A genus of gram-positive bacteria in the family Cellulomonadaceae.
Source: NLM MeSH Scope Note

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Figure 1. <i>Tropheryma whipplei</i> shown by periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) staining of a mitral valve.

Figure 1. Tropheryma whipplei shown by periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) staining of a mitral valve.

Figure 2. <i>T. whipplei</i> shown with hematoxylin and eosin staining of thickened pericardium.

Figure 2. T. whipplei shown with hematoxylin and eosin staining of thickened pericardium.

Figure 3. <i>T. whipplei</i> seen by PAS staining of pericardial tissue.

Figure 3. T. whipplei seen by PAS staining of pericardial tissue.

Notes

Contributed by: Abiola Fashanu, M.D. and Susan Rehm, M.D. of the Division of Infectious Disease; Rony Lahoud, M.D. Division of Cardiology; Carmela D. Tan, M.D. and Rene E. Rodriguez, M.D. Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.

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