title: Reactive arthritis associated with Clostridium difficile enteritis.
abstract: Reactive arthritis of one or more peripheral joints developed after an enteric infection with Clostridium difficile in 2 adult patients. Other reactive signs such as conjunctivitis, mucous membrane lesions and urethritis were absent. One patient had the HLA-B27 antigen. Short term followup showed a benign course of the arthritis. Three other cases of arthritis associated with C. difficile were reviewed.
authors.affiliation: University of Calgary Rheumatic Disease Unit, Calgary General Hospital, Canada.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: McLeod
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D003015:Clostridium Infections; D004751:Enteritis / Q000209:etiology*; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen