title: [Reactive arthritis. Prospective clinico-microbiologic study].
abstract: We study with a prospective design all reactive arthritis diagnosed at the Service of Rheumatology in Bellvitge Hospital during a thirty months period, from August 1985 to February 1988; in order to describe its clinical features, etiological factors and prognosis. Thirty patients who fulfilled the admission criteria were admitted to the study. A previously designed protocol of clinical, serological and microbiologic study was applied to all. A microorganism was identified in 21 patients. In 14 cases it was Yersinia enterocolitica, in 4 Chlamydia trachomatis, in 2 Salmonella enteritidis and in 1 a group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus. The averaged length of the disease was 7.6 +/- 8 months.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital de Bellvitge Princeps d'Espanya, Barcelona.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ruiz Martín
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casanovas Rituerto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Moreno
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valverde García
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Nolla Solé
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roig Escofet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies
vernacular_title: Artritis reactivas. Estudio prospectivo clínico-microbiológico.