"Arthritis, Reactive" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An aseptic, inflammatory arthritis developing secondary to a primary extra-articular infection, most typically of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT or UROGENITAL SYSTEM. The initiating trigger pathogens are usually SHIGELLA; SALMONELLA; YERSINIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; or CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS. Reactive arthritis is strongly associated with HLA-B27 ANTIGEN.
| Descriptor ID |
D016918
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.100.500 C05.116.900.853.625.800.637 C05.550.114.099.500 C05.550.114.865.800.637
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| Concept/Terms |
Arthritis, Reactive- Arthritis, Reactive
- Arthritides, Reactive
- Reactive Arthritides
- Reactive Arthritis
- Post-Infectious Arthritis
- Post Infectious Arthritis
- Postinfectious Arthritis
- Arthritis, Post-Infectious
- Arthritides, Post-Infectious
- Arthritis, Post Infectious
- Post-Infectious Arthritides
- Arthritis, Postinfectious
- Arthritides, Postinfectious
- Postinfectious Arthritides
Reiter Syndrome- Reiter Syndrome
- Syndrome, Reiter
- Reiter's Disease
- Disease, Reiter's
- Reiters Disease
- Reiter Disease
- Disease, Reiter
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