Sexually acquired reactive arthritis

Evidence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in sexually acquired reactive arthritis.

Thirty male patients with sexually acquired reactive arthritis (SARA) have been studied at the time of their initial presentation and thereafter. Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from the urethral exudate of 9 (36.0%) of the 25 patients from whom urethral specimens were taken, and elevated titres of IgM antibody of C. trachomatis were detected in 11 (36.6%) of the 30 initial sera. Thirteen (4...

2014 European Guideline on the management of sexually acquired reactive arthritis.

Circinate balanitis as the presenting symptom of sexually-acquired reactive arthritis: a case report.

266 British Journal of General Practice, May 2015 IntroduCtIon The clinical triad of urethritis, arthritis, and conjunctivitis, commonly referred to as Reiter’s syndrome, though more recently and appropriately called sexually-acquired reactive arthritis (SARA), rarely presents in clinic as such a neat, definitive diagnosis.1 Indeed it would appear that the majority of cases of SARA are incomple...

Role of Chlamydia trachomatis and HLA-B27 in sexually acquired reactive arthritis.

Inflammatory arthritis, tendinitis, and fasciitis after non-specific urethritis ("sexually acquired reactive arthritis" (SARA)) was studied prospectively in 531 men with non-specific urethritis, with particular reference to the frequency of isolation of Chlamydia trachomatis and the presence of HLA-B27. Satisfactory cultures were obtained from the urethral swabs from 384 patients; and HLA typin...

Male sex predominance in Chlamydia trachomatis sexually acquired reactive arthritis: are women more protected by anti-chlamydia antibodies?

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the humoral anti-chlamydia antibody response might be related to the ineffective bacterial elimination seen in patients with Chlamydia trachomatis reactive arthritis, particularly in men, who have a higher prevalence of the disease than women. METHODS The number and specificity of the antibody responses to 27 different C trachomatis antigens were determined by w...