Streptococci and reactive arthritis.
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Haemolytic streptococci and reactive arthritis in adults
There is an increasing occurrence of reactive group A ,1 haemolytic streptococci (BHS) phenomena. This review makes a case for consideringBHS in the differential diagnosis of adult reactive arthritis. This is based on (a) published reports over the past 45 years describing first attacks of rheumatic fever in adults; (b) the longstanding observation that polyarthritis is the most commonly expres...
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Microbes reach the synovial cavity either directly during bacteraemia or by transport within lymphoid cells or monocytes. This may stimulate the immune system excessively, triggering arthritis. Some forms of ReA correspond to slow infectious arthritis due to the persistence of microbes and some to an infection triggered arthritis linked to an extra-articular site of infection.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.41.4.435-b