[Reactive arthritis].
In most cases, reactive arthritis occurs after urogenital and gastrointestinal infections. Anamnesis, clinical picture, antigen HLA-B27 determination and serologic antibody ascertainment are of essential importance to the diagnosis. The therapeutic value of antibiotics is questionable, owing above all to the fact that in chlamydia-induced arthritis the causative agent was found in the intraarticular biopsy specimen. The prognosis of the disease is favourable although relapses are frequent. Especially Reiter's disease may have a chronic course.
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Klinicka bolnica Maribor, Ljubljanska, Slovenija.
D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans
Reaktivni artritis.