Strelić N, Bojović J, Pavlica L, Cikota-Aleksić B, Miličić B, Magić Z. Detection of bacteria and analyses of Chlamydia trachomatis viability in patients with postvenereal reactive arthritis.
Intern Med J 2015;
44:1247-51. [PMID:
25442760 DOI:
10.1111/imj.12580]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Accepted: 08/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
Postvenereal reactive arthritis is an inflammatory form of arthritis that commonly develops after urogenital infection, predominantly in human leucocyte antigen-B27-positive men in the third decade of life. In our hospital, patients underwent synovectomy before a 4-month course of antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, tetracycline and roxithromicin). The clinical remission was achieved in approximately 70% patients. At molecular level, the remission was associated with the negative polymerase chain reaction findings of bacteria.
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