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Reactive arthritis due to Salmonella enteritidis complicated by carditis
Author(s) -
Huppertz HI,
Sandhage K.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1994.tb18293.x
Subject(s) - carditis , medicine , reactive arthritis , salmonella enteritidis , sequela , arthritis , ankylosing spondylitis , myocarditis , immunology , surgery , salmonella , biology , bacteria , genetics
Reactive arthritis following infection with enteropathogenic bacteria is usually a self‐limiting disease that disappears after a few months without sequela. We describe two girls who developed carditis shortly after the onset of reactive arthritis due to infection with Salmonella enteritidis . The carditis presented with fatigue and arrhythmia and involved the aortic valve in both patients leading to definite aortic regurgitation in one. A similar pattern of cardiac involvement is found in other spondyloarthropathies, including Reiter's syndrome and ankylosing spondylitis. We conclude that Salmonella reactive arthritis may be complicated by carditis.