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Clin Rheumatol. 1999 ;18 (4):337-8 10468177 (P,S,E,B)

Reactive arthritis induced by Clostridium difficile enteritis as a complication of Helicobacter pylori eradication.

[My paper] M K Söderlin, E Alasaarela, M Hakala
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland.

Clostridium difficile has recently been established as a cause of reactive arthritis (ReA). We present a case of Clostridium difficile-induced ReA as a complication of Helicobacter pylori eradication, which, to the best of our knowledge, is the first such case reported.

 Mesh-terms: Aged; Antibiotics, Combined :: therapeutic use; Arthritis, Reactive :: diagnosis; Arthritis, Reactive :: etiology; Arthritis, Reactive :: immunology; Clostridium difficile :: isolation & purification; Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous :: complications; Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous :: diagnosis; Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous :: microbiology; Female; HLA-B27 Antigen :: immunology; Helicobacter Infections :: complications; Helicobacter Infections :: drug therapy; Helicobacter Infections :: microbiology; Helicobacter pylori :: drug effects; Helicobacter pylori :: isolation & purification; Human; Stomach Ulcer :: complications; Stomach Ulcer :: drug therapy; Stomach Ulcer :: microbiology;