[Reactive arthritis. Prospective clinico-microbiologic study].
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.
Ruiz Martín
J M
JM
Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital de Bellvitge Princeps d'Espanya, Barcelona.
Casanovas Rituerto
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Rodríguez Moreno
J
J
Valverde García
J
J
Nolla Solé
J M
JM
Roig Escofet
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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
Artritis reactivas. Estudio prospectivo clínico-microbiológico.