Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis.

M H Arnold1, A Tyndall

  • 1Florance and Cope Professorial Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
|August 1, 1989
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Comparison of Optimized 3D-SPACE and 3D-TSE Sequences at 1.5T MRCP in the Diagnosis of Choledocholithiasis.

RoFo : Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin·2015
Same author

Clinical and experimental scleroderma 2014.

Clinical and experimental rheumatology·2014
Same author

Medicine's inconvenient truth: the placebo and nocebo effect.

Internal medicine journal·2014
Same author

Response to: 'Are autoantibodies to RNA-polymerase III to be incorporated in routine diagnostic laboratory algorithms for systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases?' by Jan Damoiseaux.

Annals of the rheumatic diseases·2014
Same author

Sicca symptoms and their impact on quality of life among very long-term survivors after hematopoietic SCT.

Bone marrow transplantation·2013
Same author

Temporal artery compression sign--a novel ultrasound finding for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis.

Ultraschall in der Medizin (Stuttgart, Germany : 1980)·2012

Steroid-responsive inflammatory arthritis can follow streptococcal infections in children and young women. Prompt diagnosis using multiple antibody tests is key to distinguishing it from other rheumatic conditions.

Area of Science:

  • Rheumatology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Pediatrics

Background:

  • Sterile inflammatory arthritis following streptococcal infection is uncommon.
  • Distinguishing reactive arthritis from other post-streptococcal conditions is clinically important.

Observation:

  • Five cases (three children, two young women) of sterile inflammatory arthritis post-streptococcal infection were observed.
  • Throat swabs were positive in one case; serological evidence of streptococcal infection was present in all.
  • Long-term outcomes were excellent, with one patient requiring short-term penicillin prophylaxis.

Findings:

  • The cases suggest a reactive arthritis triggered by streptococcal infection.
  • Diagnosis can be challenging due to negative throat swabs and the need for multi-antigen antibody testing (e.g., antistreptolysin O, DNAase B).

Related Experiment Videos

Implications:

  • These cases highlight the importance of considering reactive arthritis in the differential diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis after streptococcal infections.
  • Accurate diagnosis is crucial to differentiate from rheumatic fever, septic arthritis, and other autoimmune or inflammatory arthropathies.
  • Early recognition and appropriate management can lead to excellent long-term prognoses.