RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Reiter's syndrome in association with enteritis due to Campylobacter fetus ssp. jejuni.
JF Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
JO Ann Rheum Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and European League Against Rheumatism
SP 414
OP 415
DO 10.1136/ard.40.4.414
VO 40
IS 4
A1 Pönkä, A
A1 Martio, J
A1 Kosunen, T U
YR 1981
UL http://ard.bmj.com/content/40/4/414.abstract
AB An 18-year-old girl with Reiter's syndrome after febrile diarrhoea was found to be infected with Campylobacter fetus spp. jejuni. Excretion of campylobacter into stools was stopped by erythromycin therapy, but active polyarthritis lasted for 6 months. The patient was positive for HLA B27.