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  • Title: Reactive Arthritis Caused by Yersinia enterocolitica Enteritis.
    Author: Honda K, Iwanaga N, Izumi Y, Tsuji Y, Kawahara C, Michitsuji T, Higashi S, Kawakami A, Migita K.
    Journal: Intern Med; 2017; 56(10):1239-1242. PubMed ID: 28502944.
    Abstract:
    We report a case of reactive arthritis (ReA) triggered by Yersinia enterocolitica enteritis. A 24-year-old Japanese man developed polyarthritis in the lower limbs. Two weeks prior to these symptoms, he noted diarrhea, right lower abdominal pain and a fever. Y. enterocolitica was not isolated from a stool culture; however, he was diagnosed with ReA based on the colonoscopic findings of a high anti-Y. enterocolitica antibody titer and HLA-B27 antigen positivity. Following treatment with methotrexate and steroids, his arthritis improved. This is the first reported Japanese case of ReA in the English literature after a gastrointestinal infection caused by Y. enterocolitica.
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