An outbreak of Campylobacter enteritis--a rheumatological followup survey.
One hundred and thirty individuals with bacteriologically proven Campylobacter jejuni enteric infection in a single outbreak were studied. Eighty-eight patients had gastrointestinal symptoms. One probable example of reactive arthritis was found. This is a frequency similar to that found in other comparable series of Salmonella typhimurium and Shigella flexneri infections, suggesting a common pathogenesis for the reactive arthritis associated with these 3 infections.
D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004751:Enteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012606:Scotland