title: [Clinical aspects of reactive arthritis caused by Chlamydia].
abstract: The authors compare a multicentered study of chlamydial reactive arthritis with their own personal series of 99 cases consisting of 58 cases of chlamydial reactive arthritis and 41 cases of non-chlamydial reactive arthritis. In the group with chlamydial reactive arthritis, mono-arthritis is more frequent and involvement of the knees, hands, wrists, the sausage appearance of the fingers and toes and heel pain are rarer than in non-chlamydial reactive arthritis. However, the genetic predisposition, in particular the presence of the HLA-B27 antigen, has an essential influence on the clinical features of reactive arthritis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001168:Arthritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000209:etiology*; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000209:etiology; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000209:etiology; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen
vernacular_title: Aspects cliniques des arthrites réactionnelles à Chlamydia.