title: [Triggering bacterial infections in reactive arthritis].
abstract: 108 patients, 75 men and 33 women, mean age 35 years, with reactive arthritis were studied by microbiological and serological methods for identification of a probable triggering infection. In 32 of the patients a Chlamydia infection, in 30 patients--Yersinia infection, in 7 patients--Staphylococcus infection and in 4 patients--Shigella infection were found. In 27 patients no infectious agent was found but in 4 of them a positive CBR for chlamydia in the sex partner was found. The course of the arthritis is acute or subacute, oligo- or polyarthritis, involving mainly the large joints of the legs. The clinical picture of the arthritis is similar for all etiological forms. This implies a systematic microbiological and serological examination of the patients in order to find out the triggering infection and its appropriate treatment with antibiotics.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stoilov
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Andreev
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martinov
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Natskova
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Trŭnkova
mesh_terms: D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D002031:Bulgaria / Q000453:epidemiology; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen
vernacular_title: Otkliuchvashti bakterialni infektsii pri reaktivnite artriti.