Shigella sonnei: another cause of sexually acquired reactive arthritis.
We report a case of reactive arthritis attributable to sexually-acquired Shigella sonnei infection. This occurred in the context of an outbreak of S. sonnei among homosexually-active men in Sydney, Australia, in 2000.
Chen
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M
Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney Hospital, NSW, Australia. chenm@sesahs.nsw.gov.au
Delpech
V
V
O'Sullivan
B
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Donovan
B
B
D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015231:Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000302:isolation & purification*