Reactive arthritis classification
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Akshun Kalia M.B.B.S.[2]
Overview
Overview
Reactive arthritis (ReA) can be classified on the basis of previous gastrointestinal (GI) or genitourinary (GU) infection in to venereal or dysenteric ReA.
Classification
Classification
Reactive arthritis (ReA) can be classified on the basis of previous GI or GU infection in to venereal or dysenteric ReA.[1]
| Reactive arthritis (ReA) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| GI infection associated ReA | GU infection associated ReA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dystrenic ReA | Venereal ReA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Commonly associated organisms: •Salmonella •Campylobacter •Yersinia •Shigella •Clostridium | Commonly associated organisms: •Chlamydia trachomatis •Mycoplasma | ||||||||||||||||||||
References
References
- ↑ A. Toivanen; Reactive arthritis, J.H. Klippel, P. Dieppe (Eds.), Rheumatology, Mosby, London (1994)
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