Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis with thoracic spine involvement in an adult

Alexandra Alexopoulou; Spyros P Dourakis; Nikolaos D Stamoulis; Dimitrios Vassilopoulos; Athanasios J Archimandritis

Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis with thoracic spine involvement in an adult

J Rheumatol. 2005 Oct;32(10):2002-5.

Authors

Alexandra Alexopoulou¹, Spyros P Dourakis, Nikolaos D Stamoulis, Dimitrios Vassilopoulos, Athanasios J Archimandritis

Affiliation

¹ 2nd Department of Medicine, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, 20 N. Politi Street, 16346 Athens, Greece. alexopou@ath.forthnet.gr

PMID: 16206358

Abstract

It is controversial whether poststreptococcal reactive arthritis (PSReA) is an entity separate from acute rheumatic fever (ARF) or is a forme fruste of ARF. Although there are many case series of PSReA in children, this entity is not common in adults. We describe an adult patient with polyarthritis and thoracic spine involvement attributed to PSReA.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Arthritis, Reactive / microbiology
Arthritis, Reactive / pathology*
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Streptococcal Infections / complications
Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
Streptococcal Infections / pathology*
Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification
Streptococcus pyogenes / pathogenicity*
Thoracic Vertebrae / microbiology
Thoracic Vertebrae / pathology*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents