Schistosomiasis and inflammatory polyarthritis: a clinical, radiological and laboratory study of 96 patients infected by S. mansoni with particular reference to the diarthrodial joint.
Patients with active Schistosoma mansoni infection attending a medical clinic in an endemic area, 100 miles from Cairo, were asked to participate in this study. Ninety-six patients are reported, 72 of whom presented with musculoskeletal complaints. Nine of these presented with an enthesitis alone; 16 had an inflammatory peripheral polyarthritis alone; the remaining 47 were suffering from the combination of both an arthritis and an enthesitis. Alpha-1-acid glycoprotein was significantly lowered in those patients with musculoskeletal manifestations.
D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009961:Orosomucoid / Q000097:blood; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin / Q000097:blood
D009961:Orosomucoid; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin