Uveitis in adult patients with poststreptococcal reactive arthritis: The first two cases reported associated with uveitis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 533-535

  Kobayashi, Shigeto ^a   Tamura, N ^a   Ikeda, M ^a   Sakuraba, K ^a   Matsumoto, T ^a   Hashimoto, H ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Prophylaxis; Reactive arthritis; Streptococcus; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; CORTISONE; DICLOFENAC;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; DICLOFENAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENICILLINS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UVEITIS;

EID: 0036871065     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100670200130     Document Type: Article

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