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Preferred term

Arthritis, Reactive  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Arthritis, Post Infectious
  • Arthritis, Post-Infectious
  • Arthritis, Postinfectious
  • Post-Infectious Arthritides
  • Postinfectious Arthritides
  • Post Infectious Arthritis
  • Post-Infectious Arthritis
  • Postinfectious Arthritis
  • Reactive Arthritis

Note

  • coordinate with specific infection or organism/infection precoordinate

Scope note

  • An aseptic, inflammatory arthritis developing secondary to a primary extra-articular infection, most typically of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT or UROGENITAL SYSTEM. The initiating trigger pathogens are usually SHIGELLA; SALMONELLA; YERSINIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; or CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS. Reactive arthritis is strongly associated with HLA-B27 ANTIGEN.

History note

  • 1992

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • arthritis reactiva
  • arthropathia reactiva non specificata
  • arthropathiae reactivae
  • määrittämätön reaktiivinen niveltulehdus
  • reaktiivinen niveltulehdus
  • reaktiiviset artriitit
  • reaktiiviset niveltulehdukset
  • Swedish

  • Artrit, reaktiv
  • Postinfektiös artrit
  • Reiters syndrom

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016918

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