REACTIVE ARTHRITIS AS CLINICAL SUSPICION OF COVID-19 INFECTION

ABSTRACT

Rheumatic manifestations occur relatively frequently in the course of COVID-19. In the cases of paucisymptomatic patients they constitute an element of clinical suspicion for the de?nitive diagnosis of the disease. Reactive arthritis is the most common rheumatic manifestation seen in COVID-19. The objective of this work is to report the case of a female patient in which the presence of reactive arthritis constitutes the elements of suspicion for the de?nitive diagnosis of the disease. It is concluded that rheumatic manifestations constitute an important element of suspicion to diagnose COVID-19, mainly in patients without respiratory manifestations of the disease.