Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis with thoracic spine involvement in an adult

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2002-2005

  Alexopoulou, Alexandra ^a,b   Dourakis, Spyros P ^a,b   Stamoulis, Nikolaos D ^a,b   Vassilopoulos, Dimitrios ^a,b   Archimandritis, Athanasios J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Group A beta hemolytic streptococcus; Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis; Thoracic spine involvement

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; HEMOGLOBIN; KETOPROFEN; NAPROXEN; ROXITHROMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNGITIS; POLYARTHRITIS; POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 26444564663     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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