title: Reactive arthritis by staphylococcus epidermidis: report of an unusual case.
abstract: In the literature many cases of Staphylococcus epidermidis (SE) complications are reported, but we have not found any reference about reactive arthritis secondary to SE. We report an unusual case of a patient with SE bacteriaemia, who developed elbow arthritis, asymmetrical sacroiliitis, keratoderma and restrictive cardiomyopathy. The clinical pictures, the instrumental and biochemical findings, in particular the positivity of HLA B27, allow us to set this case in the complex and heterogeneous chapter of reactive arthritis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Pathology, University of Siena, Italy.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Senesi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Battisti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Palumbo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mondillo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bargagli
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Palazzuoli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nardi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gennari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007645:Keratoderma, Palmoplantar / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen