TABLE 1.

Data for 18 inoculated samples from 15 patients with diagnosed Whipple's disease^a

Patient	Sexa/age (yr)	Localization	Sample	PAS resultd	Immuno- histology resultd	PCR result/ type	Antibiotic therapy before biopsy/length	Medium with van- comycin	Culture/day of primary detection	Passage no./strain name
1	F/33	Digestive	Duodenal biopsy	+	+	+/1A	No	No	Yes/30 days	3/Slow 1
2	M/70	Digestive	Duodenal biopsy	+	+	+/1A	No	Yes	No
3	M/63	Digestive	Duodenal biopsy	+	+	+/1A	Ofloxacin and cotrimoxazole/2 wk	No	No
4	M/47	Digestive	Duodenal biopsy	+	+	+/1A	No	Yes	No
5	M/58	Digestive	Duodenal biopsy	+	+	+/2A	No	Yes	No
6	F/70	Digestive, arthralgia	Duodenal biopsy	−	+	+/1A	No	Yes	No
7	M/60	Digestive	Duodenal biopsy	+	+	+/2A	Cotrimoxazole/3 wk	Yes	No
8	F/74	Digestive	Duodenal biopsy	+	NAb	+/1A	No	No	Yes/30 days	10/Slow 2
9	M/52	Digestive	Duodenal biopsy	+	NA	+/1A	Cotrimoxazole/3 wk	No	No
10	M/66	Digestive, uveitis	Duodenal biopsy	+	+	+/1A	No	Yes	No
11	M/42	Endocarditis	Cardiac valve	+	+	+/2A	Penicillin G and gentamicin/1 wk	No	Yes/72 days	36/Twist
12	M/63	Endocarditis	Cardiac valve	+	+	+/2A	Amoxicillin and gentamicin/3 wk	No	Yes/15 days	3/Endo 2
			Blood	NPc	−	−	Amoxicillin/7 wk	No	No
13	M/61	Endocarditis	Cardiac valve	+	+	+/2A	Ofloxacin and vibramycin/3 wk	No	Yes/15 days	3/Endo 3
			Blood	NP	−	−	Ofloxacin and vibramycin/5 wk	No
14	M/59	Endocarditis	Cardiac valve	+	+	+/1A	Amoxicillin/6 wk	No	Yes/30 days	2/Endo 4
15	M/61	Endocarditis	Cardiac valve	+	+	+/1A	Amoxicillin and gentamicin/5 wk	No	No
			Blood	NP	NP	−	Amoxicillin and gentamicin/1 wk	No	Yes	6/Endo 5

^aM, male; F, female.

^bNA, not available.

^cNP, not performed.

^d+, positive; −, negative.