Reactive arthritis associated with Mycoplasma genitalium urethritis

D Chrisment; I Machelart; G Wirth; E Lazaro; C Greib; J-L Pellegrin; C Bébéar; O Peuchant

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.07.015

Reactive arthritis associated with Mycoplasma genitalium urethritis

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 Nov;77(3):278-9. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.07.015. Epub 2013 Sep 10.

Authors

D Chrisment¹, I Machelart, G Wirth, E Lazaro, C Greib, J-L Pellegrin, C Bébéar, O Peuchant

Affiliation

¹ Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, 33076 Bordeaux, France.

PMID: 24034901
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.07.015

Abstract

Mycoplasma genitalium is an important cause of sexually transmitted infections that is gaining recognition and is an independent cause of acute and chronic nongonococcal urethritis in men. M. genitalium has been implicated as a possible causative factor in reactive arthritis. We report a case of reactive arthritis complicating M. genitalium urethritis in an HLA-B27-positive patient.

Keywords: HLA-B27; Mycoplasma genitalium; Reactive arthritis; Sexually transmitted infection; Urethritis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Arthritis, Reactive / etiology*
Arthritis, Reactive / microbiology
HLA-B Antigens / genetics
Humans
Male
Mycoplasma Infections / complications*
Mycoplasma Infections / microbiology
Mycoplasma genitalium / isolation & purification*
Urethritis / complications*
Urethritis / microbiology

Substances

HLA-B Antigens