Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis in patients with reactive arthritis and undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy | Zendy

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Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis in patients with reactive arthritis and undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy

Author(s) -

Praveen Kumar,

D. S. BHAKUNI,

Sangita Rastogi

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.3644

Subject(s) - chlamydia trachomatis , reactive arthritis , spondyloarthropathy , nested polymerase chain reaction , synovial fluid , medicine , serology , rheumatoid arthritis , immunology , arthritis , chlamydiaceae , antibody , polymerase chain reaction , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , pathology , gene , osteoarthritis , biochemistry , alternative medicine

There is a paucity of information on the frequency of Chlamydia trachomatis-induced reactive arthritis (ReA) and undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy (uSpA) in India. In this study, arthritic patients suffering from ReA, uSpA, and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were screened to investigate the presence of C. trachomatis infection in the synovial fluid (SF) or serum by molecular and non-molecular methods.

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