Acute seronegative polyarthritis associated with lymphogranuloma venereum infection in a patient with prevalent HIV infection

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-60

  Kober, C ^a   Richardson, D ^a   Bell, C ^a   Walker Bone, K ^b  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Diagnosis; HIV; Homosexual; Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV); MSM; Reactive arthritis; SARA; Treatment

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FISTING (SEX); FOOT PAIN; HAND DISEASE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; JOINT STIFFNESS; LIMB SWELLING; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MUCUS; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; POLYARTHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RECTAL SWAB; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM MUCOSA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEROTYPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY ACQUIRED REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHOULDER PAIN; SMEAR; SUPPURATION; TREATMENT DURATION; WRIST DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; RECTUM;

EID: 79952261138     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2010.010262     Document Type: Article

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