ABSTRACT
Among 342 patients with infection due to Campylobacter fetus ss. jejuni, 8 cases (2.3%) of arthritis were found. Three patients had monoarthritis and 5 oligoor polyarthritis. The arthritis began 4 days - 4 weeks after the onset of diarrhoea; this interval and the synovial fluid findings suggest that the arthritis was reactive. The histocompatibility antigen HLA-B 27 was identified in 5 of the 7 patients tested.
Subject(s)
Arthritis, Infectious/etiology , Campylobacter Infections/immunology , Enteritis/complications , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Arthritis, Infectious/immunology , Diarrhea/etiology , Female , HLA Antigens/analysis , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
An 18-year-old woman developed acute polyarthritis one week and bilateral, acute, mucopurulent conjunctivitis and sterile pyuria two weeks after onset of Campylobacter jejuni enteritis. The conjunctivitis resolved spontaneously in one week and the arthritis in two months. The patient had HLA-B27 antigen. Campylobacter organisms may lead to Reiter's syndrome in a patient with HLA-B27 antigen.
