Volume 19, Number 11—November 2013
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis
Tropheryma whipplei Endocarditis
Figure 2

Figure 2. . . . . . Aortic valve from patient with Tropheryma whipplei endocarditis. A) Hematoxylin–eosin–saffron stain (original magnification ×100). B) Foamy macrophages containing characteristic inclusion bodies (periodic acid–Schiff stain; original magnification ×200). C) Immunostaining of T. whipplei with polyclonal rabbit antibody against T. whipplei and Mayer’s hemalum counterstain (original magnification ×100). No destruction of this valve is visible.