TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Reactive Arthritis
A1  - Arvikar, Sheila L.
A2  - Stone, John H.
PY  - 2021
T2  - Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Rheumatology, 4e
AB  - Inflammatory  arthritis,  developing  within  days  to  weeks  of  gastrointestinal  or  genitourinary  infection,  considered  to  be  a  form  of  spondyloarthritis.Pattern  of  arthritis  is  an  asymmetric  mono-  or  oligoarthritis  tending  to  affect  the  lower  extremities,  associated  with  enthesitis  and  dactylitis.May  have  extra-articular  findings,  including  ocular  inflammation  and  skin  manifestations,  particularly  keratoderma  blennorrhagicum  and  circinate  balanitis.Many  patients  have  resolution  by  6  months,  but  can  result  in  a  chronic  arthritis.First-line  treatment  is  nonsteroidal  anti-inflammatory  drugs  (NSAIDs),  followed  by  glucocorticoids  and  nonbiologic  disease-modifying  antirheumatic  drugs  (DMARDs).Antibiotic  therapy  is  not  of  clear  benefit  once  infection  has  resolved,  but  antibiotics  may  have  a  role  in  Chlamydia-induced  arthritis.  
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PB  - McGraw Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180196213
ER  -