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Arthritis associated with enteric infection.
Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology - 1 Apr 2003
Hill Gaston J S, Lillicrap Mark S
Abstract excerpt
Reactive arthritis is classically seen following infection with enteric pathogens such as Yersinia, Salmonella, Campylobacter and Shigella. Inflammatory arthritis has also been described following other enteric infection with organisms such as Clostridium difficile, Brucella and Giardia. Furthermore, arthritis is seen in Whipple's disease, caused by the actinomycete Tropheryma whippelii. This chapter reviews the...
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