Uncommon Cause of Reactive Arthritis in the Elderly

Kourosh Shargani^1, , Danielle Sherlock¹, Cheng-Hung Tai¹ and Harry Fischer¹

¹Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY. 100 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

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Kourosh Shargani, Danielle Sherlock, Cheng-Hung Tai and Harry Fischer. Uncommon Cause of Reactive Arthritis in the Elderly. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021; 9(10):489-491. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-9-10-2

Abstract

Reactive Arthritis, formerly known as Reiter’s syndrome, is a delayed autoimmune mediated inflammatory reaction in the joints that occurs from a response to an infection elsewhere in the body. It usually occurs in young males in response to a genitourinary or gastrointestinal infection. These males may have a predisposition to reactive arthritis by being Human Leukocyte Antigen-B27 (HLA-B27) positive. This report will display an unusual case of reactive arthritis in an elderly female.

Keywords

reactive arthritis, reiter’s syndrome, Clostridium Difficile, HLA-B27, Arthritis, elderly, staph aureus, MRSA

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