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MeSH Heading: Arthritis, Reactive
Tree Number(s): C01.100.500; C05.116.900.853.625.800.637; C05.550.114.099.500; C05.550.114.865.800.637; C23.550.291.500.829.125
Unique ID: D016918
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016918
Annotation: coordinate with specific infection or organism/infection precoordinate
Scope Note: An aseptic, inflammatory arthritis developing secondary to a primary extra-articular infection, most typically of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT or UROGENITAL SYSTEM. The initiating trigger pathogens are usually SHIGELLA; SALMONELLA; YERSINIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; or CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS. Reactive arthritis is strongly associated with HLA-B27 ANTIGEN.
Entry Term(s): Arthritis, Post-Infectious; Arthritis, Postinfectious; Post-Infectious Arthritis; Postinfectious Arthritis; Reactive Arthritis; Reiter Disease; Reiter Syndrome; Reiter's Disease; Reiter's Syndrome
NLM Classification #: WE 344
Previous Indexing: Arthritis, Infectious (1966-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 1992; for REITER SYNDROME see REITER SYNDROME 2007, see REITER DISEASE 2002-2006, see REITER'S DISEASE 1963-2001
History Note: 1992
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/06/24
Revision Date: 2022/04/13

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0018743
Scope Note: Historically characterized by a triad of inflammation involving the eye (CONJUNCTIVITIS), the bone (POST-INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS), and the urethra (URETHRITIS), it is now thought to be nearly synonymous with reactive arthritis.
Terms: Reiter Syndrome Preferred Term
Term UI T658706
Date11/17/2005
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2007); Reiter's Syndrome
Term UI T000935821
Date11/13/2017
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Reiter Disease
Term UI T035886
Date03/16/1981
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Reiter's Disease
Term UI T035887
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1963)

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