Abstract
Background Reactive arthritis, Reiter’s syndrome is one of the seronegative arthropathies, that can be associated with intestinal infections (Shigella, Salmonella, Yersinia, Campylobacter jejuni, Clostridium difficile), sexual infections (Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum) and lung infections (Chlamydia pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae). Reiter’s syndrome is an arthritis that occurs 1-4 weeks in response to an infection with a specific organism with urogenital or enteral gate, especially in HLA-B27 positive individuals.
Highlights
Reactive arthritis, Reiter’s syndrome is one of the seronegative arthropathies, that can be associated with intestinal infections (Shigella, Salmonella, Yersinia, Campylobacter jejuni, Clostridium difficile), sexual infections (Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum) and lung infections (Chlamydia pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae)
Case report We present the case of a patient of 34 years, from a family outbreak of food-borne Salmonella infection, presented 10 days after discharge from the Department of Infectious Diseases Oradea after treatment with ampicillin 4 g/day and ciprofloxacin 1 g/day, with a fever, swelling of the right ankle and left knee, accompanied by secondary functional impotence at this level and conjunctivitis
Correspondence: mirela.indries@gmail.com Municipal Clinical Hospital “Dr Gabriel Curteanu” Oradea, Romania
Summary
Reiter’s syndrome is one of the seronegative arthropathies, that can be associated with intestinal infections (Shigella, Salmonella, Yersinia, Campylobacter jejuni, Clostridium difficile), sexual infections (Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum) and lung infections (Chlamydia pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae). From The 10th Edition of the Scientific Days of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Prof Dr Matei Bals” Bucharest, Romania. Background Reactive arthritis, Reiter’s syndrome is one of the seronegative arthropathies, that can be associated with intestinal infections (Shigella, Salmonella, Yersinia, Campylobacter jejuni, Clostridium difficile), sexual infections (Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum) and lung infections (Chlamydia pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae).
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