title: Reactive arthritis associated with prolonged cryptosporidial infection.
abstract: In contrast to arthritic disease caused by different bacterial agents, reactive arthritis due to parasitic infection is rare. We report on an 8-year-old immunocompetent boy with a symptomatic intestinal cryptosporidiosis over a 13-months period. The protozoan infestation was accompanied by arthritic symptoms involving several joints at different times (migratory arthritis). Symptoms resolved spontaneously after 20 months in parallel with stool samples negative for cryptosporidia.
authors.affiliation: Max-von-Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie der LMU, Pettenkoferstrasse 9a, Munich 80336, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sing
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bechtold
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heesemann
authors.forename: Bernd H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Belohradsky
authors.forename: Heinrich
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000469:parasitology*; D002648:Child; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male