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THE SOURCE OF INFECTION AND THE MOST FREQUENT CAUSES OF REACTIVE ARTHRITIS IN KOSOVO
INTRODUCTION: Reactive arthritis is an autoimmune condition which emerges as a counteraction towards an infection which has a focus elsewhere in the body. The purpose of this study is isolation of causative agents of reactive arthritis and ascertains the source of infection. The study has been carri...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4949028/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27482162 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2016.28.201-204 |
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author | Lahu, Ali Bajraktari, Ismet H. Lahu, Shqipdonë Saiti, Valton Kryeziu, Avni Sherifi, Fadil Durmishi, Bastri |
author_facet | Lahu, Ali Bajraktari, Ismet H. Lahu, Shqipdonë Saiti, Valton Kryeziu, Avni Sherifi, Fadil Durmishi, Bastri |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Reactive arthritis is an autoimmune condition which emerges as a counteraction towards an infection which has a focus elsewhere in the body. The purpose of this study is isolation of causative agents of reactive arthritis and ascertains the source of infection. The study has been carried out in the Rheumatology Clinic in Prishtina and specialized ambulance O.S. “Vendenisi-AL” in Besiana, whereas isolation of causative agents has been carried out in the National Institute for Public Health (NIPH). The study has prospective, comparative and analytical feature. RESULTS: Out of 100 patients, 66% were males and 34% females. Among males we have noticed domination of post-urethritis and post-streptococcic reactive arthritis, whereas among females dominates reactive arthritis of enteral etiology. The study concludes that: urogenital tract was the source of infection with 66% of cases, nasopharyngeal tract with 19% of cases, and enteral tract with 15% of cases respectively. Predominantly presents bacteria are E. Coli with 21%, Staphylococcus aureus with 20%, Streptococcus B. hem. gr. A with 16% of cases respectively and other species. CONCLUSION: frequency of arthritis with urogenital etiology was 2:1 in favor of males, with nasopharyngeal etiology 3:1 in favor of males, whereas in arthritis with enteral etiology we have noticed a slight dominance in favor of females. |
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spelling | pubmed-49490282016-08-01 THE SOURCE OF INFECTION AND THE MOST FREQUENT CAUSES OF REACTIVE ARTHRITIS IN KOSOVO Lahu, Ali Bajraktari, Ismet H. Lahu, Shqipdonë Saiti, Valton Kryeziu, Avni Sherifi, Fadil Durmishi, Bastri Mater Sociomed Original Paper INTRODUCTION: Reactive arthritis is an autoimmune condition which emerges as a counteraction towards an infection which has a focus elsewhere in the body. The purpose of this study is isolation of causative agents of reactive arthritis and ascertains the source of infection. The study has been carried out in the Rheumatology Clinic in Prishtina and specialized ambulance O.S. “Vendenisi-AL” in Besiana, whereas isolation of causative agents has been carried out in the National Institute for Public Health (NIPH). The study has prospective, comparative and analytical feature. RESULTS: Out of 100 patients, 66% were males and 34% females. Among males we have noticed domination of post-urethritis and post-streptococcic reactive arthritis, whereas among females dominates reactive arthritis of enteral etiology. The study concludes that: urogenital tract was the source of infection with 66% of cases, nasopharyngeal tract with 19% of cases, and enteral tract with 15% of cases respectively. Predominantly presents bacteria are E. Coli with 21%, Staphylococcus aureus with 20%, Streptococcus B. hem. gr. A with 16% of cases respectively and other species. CONCLUSION: frequency of arthritis with urogenital etiology was 2:1 in favor of males, with nasopharyngeal etiology 3:1 in favor of males, whereas in arthritis with enteral etiology we have noticed a slight dominance in favor of females. AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2016-06 2016-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4949028/ /pubmed/27482162 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2016.28.201-204 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Ali Lahu, Ismet H. Bajraktari, Shqipdonë Lahu, Valton Saiti, Avni Kryeziu, Fadil Sherifi, and Bastri Durmishi http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Lahu, Ali Bajraktari, Ismet H. Lahu, Shqipdonë Saiti, Valton Kryeziu, Avni Sherifi, Fadil Durmishi, Bastri THE SOURCE OF INFECTION AND THE MOST FREQUENT CAUSES OF REACTIVE ARTHRITIS IN KOSOVO |
title | THE SOURCE OF INFECTION AND THE MOST FREQUENT CAUSES OF REACTIVE ARTHRITIS IN KOSOVO |
title_full | THE SOURCE OF INFECTION AND THE MOST FREQUENT CAUSES OF REACTIVE ARTHRITIS IN KOSOVO |
title_fullStr | THE SOURCE OF INFECTION AND THE MOST FREQUENT CAUSES OF REACTIVE ARTHRITIS IN KOSOVO |
title_full_unstemmed | THE SOURCE OF INFECTION AND THE MOST FREQUENT CAUSES OF REACTIVE ARTHRITIS IN KOSOVO |
title_short | THE SOURCE OF INFECTION AND THE MOST FREQUENT CAUSES OF REACTIVE ARTHRITIS IN KOSOVO |
title_sort | source of infection and the most frequent causes of reactive arthritis in kosovo |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4949028/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27482162 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2016.28.201-204 |
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