Arthritis associated with salmonella infection.
Six cases of arthritis caused by or associated with Salmonella infection are reported. It is stated that an arthritis associated with a Salmonella infection cannot be excluded on the negative results of the Widal test. Consequent upon Salmonella infection two different types of arthritis might develop: a) monoarticular infectious arthritis or b) a subacute reactive oligo-articular arthritis. In this study a patient with a chronic destructive "reactive" oligoarthritis is described, resembling experimental "Salmonella-associated arthritis" in rats. This form of arthritis might be regarded as an immune complex mediated disease associated with a chronic infection.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001168:Arthritis / Q000209:etiology*; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007105:Immune Complex Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010284:Paratyphoid Fever / Q000150:complications; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications*; D012484:Salmonella paratyphi B; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium