Reactive arthritis: does screening stools by polymerase chain reaction for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) make sense?

Scand J Rheumatol. 2012 May;41(3):237-9. doi: 10.3109/03009742.2012.656700.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arthritis, Reactive / diagnosis*
  • Arthritis, Reactive / microbiology
  • Enteritis / diagnosis*
  • Enteritis / microbiology
  • Escherichia coli Infections / diagnosis*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
  • Feces / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
  • Young Adult