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Reactive arthritis and Reiter's syndrome following an outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by Salmonella enteritidis.
Clin Infect Dis
October 2001
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemiology Program Office, Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Reactive arthritis and Reiter's syndrome have been reported following gastroenteritis. Prevalence studies for these conditions are uncommon, and the prevalence of Reiter's syndrome after Salmonella enteritidis infection has not been previously reported. After a large outbreak of S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDo the radiological changes of classic ankylosing spondylitis differ from the changes found in the spondylitis associated with inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, and reactive arthritis?
Ann Rheum Dis
March 1998
Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Research Unit, University of Leeds.
Objective: In 1971 McEwen and colleagues suggested that the radiological changes of classic ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and the changes of the spondylitis associated with inflammatory bowel disease differ in several respects from the radiological features of psoriatic and reactive spondylitis. The findings of this study have never been confirmed. The aim of this study was to replicate the McEwen study comparing films blinded to diagnostic group.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn two patients, treatment of amebic dysentery was followed (despite the disappearance of the infecting organism) by an illness with the clinical, pathological, and radiological characteristics of nonspecific ulcerative colitis. Their case histories indicate that in addition to persistent or recurrent amebic infection, the irritable colon syndrome, and ulcerative postdysenteric colitis, nonspecific ulcerative colitis should be kept in mind in the evaluation and therapy of continuing symptoms in patients with treated amebic dysentery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProlonged intermittent diarrhea after Shiga dysentery: postdysenteric syndrome.
South Med J
March 1980
A 42-year-old woman had dysentery caused by the Shiga bacillus, Shigella dysenteriae type 1, while taking diphenoxylate with atropine during and after her return from a trip to Mexico. Although she was treated with appropriate antibiotics, she suffered a prolonged and toxic acute course followed by intermittent bouts of diarrhea and abdominal cramping which persisted for two years. The risk of confusing Shiga dysentery with ulcerative colitis is illustrated by the presentation, management, and prolonged course of this patient's illness.
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