Nishibukuro M, Tsutsumi N, Chiyotanda M, Hijikata T, Morichi S, Go S, Yamanaka G, Kashiwagi Y, Kawashima H. Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis in Japan.
J Infect Chemother 2018;
24:531-537. [PMID:
29606414 DOI:
10.1016/j.jiac.2018.02.012]
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Abstract
Reactive arthritis after Group A streptococcal infection (poststreptococcal reactive arthritis: PSRA) that does not meet the Jones criteria for acute rheumatic fever (ARF) has been reported as a new entity for over a decade. In Japan there are few reports of PSRA. We encountered four children with arthritis accompanied with Group A streptococcal infection in our department. We investigated our cases and the recent Japanese literature. Japanese cases of PSRA are frequently accompanied with uveitis and erythema nodosum, and tonsillectomy resolved their symptoms in some cases. There were overlap cases between ARF, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and PSRA.
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