Acute exacerbation of ankylosing spondylitis after chlamydial infection in a patient well-controlled with etanercept

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Geun Tae ^a  

^a Kosin University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ETANERCEPT; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ASPIRATION; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EYE PAIN; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWELLING; TENOSYNOVITIS; URINALYSIS; UVEITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 84867905211     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2012.01748.x     Document Type: Letter

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