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Osteomyelitis infection disguised as Reiter's syndrome in a child: A case report

Clinical Case Reports, 2021
Reiter's syndrome (reactive arthritis) should always prompt a thorough clinical investigation of a potentially more serious disease condition in every pediatric patient and adults. It should always be regarded as a warning sign and not a disease. This is
Nnennaya U. Opara
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Neopterin as a Surrogate Marker for Coronary Artery Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Background: Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory illness. A complication of Rheumatoid arthritis is mainly linked to the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Maryam K. Khaery, Rana A. Hamdi
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Chronic seronegative spondyloarthropathy following acute Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in a human leukocyte antigen B27-positive patient: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2020
Background We report a case of a 30-year-old patient who presented with acute Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection that was complicated by reactive arthritis and asymmetric proximal myopathy and progressed to chronic spondyloarthropathy.
Georgios Pilianidis, Ariti Tsinari, Dimitrios Pandis, Hara Tsolakidou, Nikolaos Petridis   +4 more
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Scrub typhus associated with reactive arthritis: A case report and literature review

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Scrub typhus (tsutsugamushi disease) is an acute febrile illness caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, often found in Asia and Oceania. The presence of an eschar, characterized by a crust, is a key diagnostic finding.
Shinya Yamanaka, Kazuhiro Ishikawa, Miyako Kon, Junko Aoki, Kunimichi Saeki, Junta Tanaka   +5 more
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Colitis Leading to Reactive Arthritis: A Rare Complication Associated With a Common Disease

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2018
The relationship between reactive arthritis and enteric infections caused by Yersinia enterocolitica, Campylobacter jejuni , and Salmonella typhimurium is well documented. Clostridium difficile colitis is a less recognized cause of reactive arthritis. We
Asghar Marwat MD, Hassan Mehmood MD, Ali Hussain MD, Muzammil Khan MD, Asad Ullah MD, Medha Joshi MD   +5 more
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Reactive Chlamydial Arthritis and Ophtalmopathies

Bolʹ, Sustavy, Pozvonočnik, 2015
Oculopathies in reactive chlamydial arthritis are diagnosed in 63 % of patients, with «conjunctivitis — uveitis — scleritis — glaucoma — cataract — keratitis» ratio as 13 : 8 : 2 : 2 : 1 : 1, and the nature of eye pathology is closely related to the ...
А.К. Pavliuchenko
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An overview of reactive arthritis

JAAPA, 2019
ABSTRACT Reactive arthritis, also known as Reiter syndrome, is a spondyloarthropathy that typically follows a urogenital or gastrointestinal infection, and is characterized by conjunctivitis, urethritis, and arthritis. The frequency of reactive arthritis in the United States is estimated at 3.5 to 5 patients per 100,000. Physician assistants (
Megan, Pennisi, Jacqueline, Perdue, Tessa, Roulston, Joyce, Nicholas, Eric, Schmidt, Jenna, Rolfs   +5 more
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Increased chitotriosidase activities in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A possible novel marker? [PDF]

Journal of Medical Biochemistry, 2014
Background: Chitotriosidase and YKL-40 are well-known in humans as Glyco_18 domain-containing proteins that are the common feature of mammalian chitinases and chitinase-like proteins.
Basok Banu Isbilen, Kucur Mine, Kizilgul Muhammed, Yilmaz Ibrahim, Ekmekci Ozlem Balci, Uzunlulu Mehmet, Isman Ferruh Kemal   +6 more
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A Case of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Limited Systemic Sclerosis Overlap Successfully Treated with Tocilizumab for Arthritis and Concomitant Generalized Lymphadenopathy and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

Case Reports in Rheumatology, 2014
A 57-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and limited systemic sclerosis (lSSc) was suspected to have lymphadenopathy and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC).
Eiko Saito, Shinji Sato, Shinichi Nogi, Noriko Sasaki, Naofumi Chinen, Kiri Honda, Takayuki Wakabayashi, Chiho Yamada, Naoya Nakamura, Yasuo Suzuki   +9 more
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Features of Cellular and Humoral Immunity Functioning in Patients with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

Bolʹ, Sustavy, Pozvonočnik, 2015
The objective was to examine the state of cellular and humoral immunity in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. The study involved 48 patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, 24 patients with reactive arthritis and 22 apparently healthy ...
H.A. Pavlyshyn, T.A. Kovalchuk, O.R. Boiarchuk, T.V. Hariian   +3 more
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