Article
Reactive arthritis associated with brucellosis: HLA studies.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Alarcon G S, Bocanegra T S, Gotuzzo E, Hinostroza S, Carrillo C, Vasey F B, Germain B F, Espinoza L R
Abstract excerpt
HLA typing studies were performed on a group of 16 patients with acute Brucella-induced reactive arthritis and results were compared to those obtained in 16 patients with acute brucellosis but without arthritis and to 55 normal control subjects. No increased prevalence of any HLA antigen was noted between patients and control groups. HLA-B27 frequency was diminished in the Peruvian population studied. The most...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Arthritis, Infectious
- Brucellosis
- Child
- Female
- HLA Antigens
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype