title: Ten-year follow-up study of patients with Yersinia arthritis.
abstract: Eighty-five patients with acute Yersinia arthritis were seen in followup for a mean of 10 years. During that time, peripheral joint symptoms occurred frequently (51.8%), but these symptoms were mild (45.9%). Development of a new reactive arthritis (4.7%) or chronic arthritis (2.4%) was uncommon. One-third of the patients experienced low back pain, and one-third of the patients had radiologic evidence of sacroiliitis. The presence of sacroiliitis was more frequent in patients with low back pain (46.7%) than in those who did not have symptoms (21.2%). More patients with HLA-B27 had low back pain and sacroiliitis, but there was no association of this genetic factor with the residual symptoms in peripheral joints.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leirisalo-Repo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suoranta
mesh_terms: D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000209:etiology; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors; D015009:Yersinia Infections
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen