Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis in adults: Long-term follow-up

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 321, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 173-177

  Iglesias Gamarra, A ^a   Mendez, E A ^b   Cuellar, M L ^c   Ponce De Leon, J H ^b   Jimenez, C ^a   Canas C ^a   Restrepo, J ^a   Pena M ^a   Valle, R ^a   Espinoza, L R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Poststreptococcal arthritis; Reactive arthritis; Rheumatic fever

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; MALE; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TENOSYNOVITIS; THROAT CULTURE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0035092973     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200103000-00003     Document Type: Article

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