TY - JOUR AU - Feurle, Gerhard AU - Moos, Verena AU - Landt, Olfert AU - Corcoran, Craig AU - Reischl, Udo AU - Maiwald, Matthias T1 - Tropheryma whipplei in Feces of Patients with Diarrhea in 3 Locations on Different Continents T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 3 SP - 932 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We examined fecal specimens of patients with diarrhea from 3 continents for Tropheryma whipplei and enteropathogens. T. whipplei was most common in South Africa, followed by Singapore and Germany. Its presence was associated with the presence of other pathogens. An independent causative role in diarrhea appears unlikely. KW - Tropheryma whipplei KW - Whipple disease KW - diarrhea KW - gastroenteritis KW - South Africa KW - Singapore KW - Germany KW - enteropathogens KW - bacteria KW - enteric infections DO - 10.3201/eid2703.200182 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/3/20-0182_article ER - End of Reference