title: Reactive arthritis: does screening stools by polymerase chain reaction for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) make sense?
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Medical Centre Leeuwarden, Izore Centre for Infectious Diseases Friesland, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. n.houtman@znb.nl
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Houtman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spoorenberg
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Schuurs
authors.forename: E A N M
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Mooi-Kokenberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D004751:Enteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D054323:Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D055815:Young Adult