Unusual causes of reactive arthritis: Leptospira and Coxiella burnetii

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 343-346

  Pappas, G ^a   Akritidis, N ^a   Christou, L ^a   Mastora, M ^a   Tsianos, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Leptospirosis; Reactive arthritis

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MONARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; Q FEVER; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TETRACYCLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344465886     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-003-0730-5     Document Type: Article

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