Reactive arthritis: update 2018

At this time, reactive arthritis (ReA) is considered to be part of the spectrum of the spondyloarthritis, previously known as Reiter’s syndrome, and refers to an infection induced systemic illness, characterized by a sterile synovitis occurring in a genetically predisposed individual, secondary to a...

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Published inClinical rheumatology Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 869 - 874
Main Authors García-Kutzbach, A., Chacón-Súchite, J., García-Ferrer, H., Iraheta, I.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Springer London 01.04.2018
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Arthritis
Arthritis, Reactive - diagnosis
Arthritis, Reactive - pathology
Bacteria
Bacterial infections
Chlamydia
Epidemiology
Genetics
Hepatitis C
HLA-B27 Antigen
Humans
Immune system
Infections
Inflammatory diseases
Lymphocytes
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Pathogens
Review Article
Rheumatic diseases
Rheumatism
Rheumatology
Salmonella
Synovitis
Gut microbiota
Reiter’s syndrome
HLA-B27
Spondyloarthritis
Reactive arthritis
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Summary:At this time, reactive arthritis (ReA) is considered to be part of the spectrum of the spondyloarthritis, previously known as Reiter’s syndrome, and refers to an infection induced systemic illness, characterized by a sterile synovitis occurring in a genetically predisposed individual, secondary to an infection localized in a distant organ/system, but also accompanied with multiple extra articular manifestations.
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ISSN:0770-3198
1434-9949
DOI:10.1007/s10067-018-4022-5