Article
Interplay of microbe and major histocompatibility complex: a family study.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Nov 1991
Thomson G T, Rajanayagam C, Chiu B, Thorne C, Falk J, Inman R D
Abstract excerpt
We describe a 24-year-old man who developed reactive arthritis (ReA) after a dysenteric illness caused by Salmonella hadar. Serologic tests suggested recent exposure of family members to Salmonella. All members of the family were HLA-B27 positive, but no other family member developed acute ReA, although 2 of them had clinical evidence of previously existing B27 associated arthritis.
Topics
- Adult
- Arthritis, Infectious
- Cross Reactions
- HLA-B Antigens
- HLA-B27 Antigen
- Humans
- Immunoglobulins
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Male
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Prohibitins