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Spondylodiscitis Caused by Tropheryma whipplei: Report of 2 Cases

Pauline Preuss, Alice Tison, Grégoire Cormier and Xavier Puéchal
The Journal of Rheumatology October 2025, jrheum.2025-0214; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2025-0214
Pauline Preuss
P. Preuss, MD, Rheumatology Department, University Hospital, Nantes.
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Alice Tison
A. Tison, MD, Rheumatology Department, University Hospital, Brest.
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Grégoire Cormier
G. Cormier, MD, Rheumatology Department, La-Roche-sur-Yon Hospital, La-Roche-sur-Yon.
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X. Puéchal, MD, PhD, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France.
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Abstract

Whipple disease is a rare systemic infection caused by Tropheryma whipplei. T. whipplei can also induce focal infections in the joints, brain, and heart, but spinal involvement is extremely rare.1 Here we report 2 cases of spondylodiscitis caused by T. whipplei infection.

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