Reiter's syndrome

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• Causes

  • HLA-B27
  • Chlamydia trachomatis infection
  • Dysentery
  • Mycoplasma genitalium

• Effects

  • Urethritis
  • Sacroiliitis20.0%
  • Synovitis
  • Circinate balanitis20.0%
  • Aphthous ulcer
  • Keratoderma blenorrhagica
  • Ascending aortic aneurysm
  • Nail dystrophy0.0%

• Parents

  • Seronegative spondyloarthritis

• Description

  • "A reactive arthritis - autoimmune in response to infection in another part of the body. Recurrent disease in 60%. Triggers: -Venereal infection -Infective gastroenetritis"