title: [Clostridium difficile associated reactive arthritis].
abstract: Extracolonic manifestations of Clostridium difficile infections have rarely been reported as a reactive arthritis. We report a 43-year-old woman who presented with a polyarthritis following pseudomembranous colitis. She was admitted for fever and polyarthritis, 10 days after the onset of a C. difficile enterocolitis. Samples obtained from urine and blood cultures remained sterile. Corticosteroids were prescribed and clinical manifestations resolved within 3 weeks. Ten months later, there was no relapse and no sequela.
authors.affiliation: Service d'immuno-rhumatologie, CHU Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France. kawther ba@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ben Abdelghani
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gerard-Dran
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Combe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids