Clinical aspects of reactive arthritis caused by Chlamydia
Doury, P.; Eulry, F.; Pattin, S.
Revue du Rhumatisme et des Maladies Osteo-Articulaires 50(11): 753-757
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-2659 PMID: 6607500 Document Number: 207442
The authors compare a multicentered study of chlamydial reactive arthritis with their own personal series of 99 cases consisting of 58 cases of chlamydial reactive arthritis and 41 cases of non-chlamydial reactive arthritis. In the group with chlamydial reactive arthritis, mono-arthritis is more frequent and involvement of the knees, hands, wrists, the sausage appearance of the fingers and toes and heel pain are rarer than in non-chlamydial reactive arthritis. However, the genetic predisposition, in particular the presence of the HLA-B27 antigen, has an essential influence on the clinical features of reactive arthritis.