Appendicitis followed by reactive arthritis in an HLA B27-positive man after infection with Yersinia enterocolitica, diagnosed by serotype specific antibodies and antibodies to Yersinia outer membrane proteins

Infection

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 317-319

  Strom H ^a   Johansson, C ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; SEROTYPING; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; APPENDICITIS; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030794873     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01720409     Document Type: Article

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