If Whipple disease isn't treated, it can cause serious complications or even death. With that said, a typical antibiotic course should be enough to treat the disease. The symptoms usually develop ...

The clinical manifestations of Whipple's disease are highly variable but include a malabsorption syndrome (diarrhea and weight loss), musculoskeletal symptoms, skin pigmentation and symptoms ...

he was discharged on trimethoprim 160 mg and sulfamethoxazole 800 mg twice daily with a diagnosis of possible CNS Whipple's disease. Over the ensuing weeks the patient's symptoms remained ...