 |  whipples disease
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HSP
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hi all
usmleworld says -d xylose absorption is abnormal in both bacterial overgrowth and whipples disease, however with bacterial overgrowth the test becomes normal after antibiotic treatment
my doubt is, a case of whipples is usually treated with antibiotics right?, so the test should become normal after rx in case of whipples also, so how to differentiate whipples and bacterial overgrowth???
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anybody out there , please shed some light on this:no:
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6 months to a year treatment needed for whipples so a short course of antibiotics doesn't have an effect on the condition.
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thanks for the reply
it makes sense
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