title: Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and arthritis.
abstract: In 1986 and 1987 nine patients with a raised antibody titre to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis were found. Two of these results were almost certainly due to the cross reactivity between some Y pseudotuberculosis serogroups and some salmonella serotypes. Of the other seven patients with otherwise unexplained Y pseudotuberculosis serology, three suffered from severe arthritis and two had symptoms suggestive of sacroiliitis. Our data and published reports suggest that reactive arthritis might follow both Y enterocolitica and Y pseudotuberculosis infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Bignardi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015009:Yersinia Infections; D015012:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections / Q000097:blood