ABSTRACT Postinfectious arthritis is a relatively often encountered in pediatric practice. The authors present the most important data concerneing this pathology, with up to date informations exemplifying with case presentations. Clinical cases bring to attention the most common forms of postinfectious arthritis (reactive arthritis, postinfectious arthritis bacterial, viral, spirochete, and so ...

in  this  study  we  determined  the  frequency,  sensitivity  and  specificity  of  anti  cyclic citrullinated peptides (anti-ccp) igg antibody, total rheumatoid factor (rf-t), and rf isotypes in iranian patients with rheumatoid arthritis (ra) and their association with age, clinical and serological parameters. anti-ccp and rf-t and rf isotypes level were measured in 418 patients and 399 healt...

Reactive arthritis is defined as arthritis of 1 or more joints, in association with infection at a distant site, but without the infective agent being found in the synovial fluid. Patients with Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection and articular disease, who do not fulfill the modified Jones criteria for diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever, have been classified as having poststreptococc...

This study is based on the comparative analysis of 38 patients with reactive arthritis defined by Amor criteria, a group of 33 patients with rheumatoid polyarthritis and 50 healthy controls. Antioxidant systems (glutathione peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, catalase) were investigated in inflammation consecutive to immune and infectious syndromes. Our study showed that reactive arthritis and rh...

The relationship between reactive arthritis and enteric infections caused by Yersinia enterocolitica, Campylobacter jejuni, and Salmonella typhimurium is well documented. Clostridium difficile colitis is a less recognized cause of reactive arthritis. We present a case of a 58-year-old woman with Clostridium difficile colitis complicated by reactive arthritis. A 58-year-old woman with no signifi...

We describe a 16 year old boy with acne fulminans associated with axial and peripheral polyarthritis. The patient's clinical course and therapy with isotretinoin, prednisolone and oxytetracycline are described. A possible association between the presence of HLA -B 27 antigen and reactive arthritis with acne fulminans in this case is evaluated. A review of the literature is included.

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