Open AccessRole of 30 kDa antigen of enteric bacterial pathogens as a possible arthritogenic factor in post-dysenteric reactive arthritis
Author(s) -
Maninder Pal Singh,
N. K. Ganguli,
Harminder Pal Singh,
Sharad D. Deodhar,
Sunil Sethi,
Mukut Sharma
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.120373
Subject(s) - reactive arthritis , microbiology and biotechnology , antigen , arthritis , immunology , medicine , biology
Reactive arthritis (ReA)/Reiter's syndrome (RS) may be caused as a sequel of infections caused by enteric bacterial pathogens, although the mechanisms through, which different pathogens cause similar disease are not clear.