Table 1. Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of 28 patients with Tropheryma whipplei endocarditis*.
Patient (reference) | Area of origin | Age, y | IS | Cardiac history | Arthralgia duration, y | Weight loss | Cardiac symptoms | Fever | Involved valves | Vegetation |
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1 | PACA | 80 | N | PM | Y (15) | N | HF and AIS | N | AV | Y |
2 | Corsica† | 58 | N | N | Y (8) | N | HF | Y | AV+MV | N |
3 | Rhône-Alpes | 54 | N | N | Y (3) | Y | HF | Y | AV | Y |
4 | Rhône-Alpes | 45 | N | BAV | N | N | Stroke | Y | AV | Y |
5 | Rhône-Alpes | 56 | N | CS | N | N | HF | Y | AV | Y |
6 | PACA | 59 | Y | N | Y (35) | N | HF | N | AV | N |
7 | Pays de la Loire | 50 | N | N | Y (NA) | N | HF | N | AV+MV | Y |
8 | Picardie | 51 | N | N | N | N | Stroke | N | AV | Y |
9 | PACA | 79 | N | AVB | Y | N | HF | N | AV | Y |
10 | Lorraine | 50 | N | N | N | N | HF | N | MV | N |
11 | Rhône-Alpes | 62 | N | N | Y | N | HF | N | AV | Y |
12 | PACA | 58 | N | BAV | Y | Y | HF | Y | AV | Y |
13 (2) | Rhône-Alpes | 71 | N | N | N | N | HF | N | AV | Y |
14 (18) | Rhône-Alpes | 57 | Y | N | Y (4) | N | HF+PAE | Y | AV | N |
15 (2) | Poitou-Charentes | 68 | N | N | N | N | HF | Y | AV | Y |
16 (2) | Pays de la Loire | 48 | N | AVI | Y (NA) | N | HF | Y | AV | Y |
17 (19) | Languedoc-Roussillon | 70 | Y | N | Y (27) | N | HF | Y | AV | Y |
18 (2) | Pays de la Loire | 71 | N | MVI | Y (NA) | N | HF | Y | MV | Y |
19 (2) | Pays de la Loire | 57 | Y | N | Y (10) | Y | HF | Y | AV+MV | N |
20 (2) | Rhône-Alpes | 67 | N | N | Y (4) | N | Stroke | N | AV | N |
21 (2) | Rhône-Alpes | 51 | Y | N | Y (6) | N | PAE | N | AV+TV | Y |
22 (2) | Pays de la Loire | 58 | N | AAR | Y (NA) | N | PAE | N | AV | Y |
23 (2) | Rhône-Alpes | 60 | Y | N | Y (2) | N | HF | N | AV+MV | Y |
24 (2) | Rhône-Alpes | 61 | N | AAR | Y (4) | N | Stroke | N | AV+MV | Y |
25 (2) | Rhône-Alpes | 63 | N | N | Y (3) | N | PAE+stroke | N | AV | Y |
26 (5) | Canada | 42 | N | AAR | N | Y | HF | N | AV+MV | Y |
27 (2) | Rhône-Alpes | 40 | Y | AAR | Y (5) | N | HF | N | AV | Y |
28 (2) | Rhône-Alpes | 55 | N | N | Y (5) | Y | Stroke | N | MV | Y |
*All patients were male, and none had diarrhea. IS, immunosuppressive therapy; PACA, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur; N, no; PM, pacemaker; Y, yes; HF; heart failure; AIS, acute ischemic stroke; AV, aortic valve; MV, mitral valve; BAV, bicuspid aortic valve; CS, coronary stent; AVB, aortic valve bioprosthesis; AVI, aortic valve insufficiency; MVI, mitral valve insufficiency; NA, not available; PAE, peripheral arterial embolism; AAR, acute articular rheumatism. †This patient was from Poland but resided in Corsica for 8 years.