Hand-Foot and Mouth Dısease and Reactıve Arthritis: An Unusual Paediatric Case.
Reactive arthritis is defined as arthritis that occurs during or after an extraarticular infection. It is mostly difficult to determine the causative agent that causes inflammation in the joints. Initially, salmonella, shigella, chlamydiaand yersinia were considered to be pathogenic agents. But recently, in addition to demonstrated viral and bacterial agents, there are also other cases of reactive arthritis after vaccinations with Rubella and Influenza. Herein a 3-year old boy is reported with reactive arthritis of left knee that developed shortly after hand-foot and mouth disease. This report represents the first detailed description of a paediatric case in literature with reactive arthritis following hand-foot and mouth disease.
Department of Paediatric, Faculty of Medicine, Turgut Ozal University, Ankara, Turkey.
Tas
T
Tugba
Department of Paediatric, Faculty of Medicine, Turgut Ozal University, Ankara, Turkey.
Baltaci
B
Neslihan
Department of Paediatric, Faculty of Medicine, Turgut Ozal University, Ankara, Turkey.
Yilmaz
Y
A Esra
Department of Paediatric, Faculty of Medicine, Turgut Ozal University, Ankara, Turkey.
Yuksel
Y
C Nuket
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Turgut Ozal University, Ankara, Turkey.
Eminoglu
E
Sancar
D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006232:Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007052:Ibuprofen / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D007052:Ibuprofen