Luis Ostrosky, MD, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, was featured in the Houston Chronicle’s Medical Mystery Files for his role in treating a patient diagnosed with Whipple’s disease, a rare bacterial infection that had caused debilitating joint pain for more than a decade. Ostrosky discusses the challenges of diagnosing the uncommon infection and the treatment that ultimately provided the patient relief.
Read the full story: A decade of pain left him unable to walk or turn a doorknob. Then a test changed everything (external link). in the Houston Chronicle.