Reactive arthritis by staphylococcus epidermidis: report of an unusual case

Clin Rheumatol. 1996 Jan;15(1):59-61. doi: 10.1007/BF02231687.

Abstract

In the literature many cases of Staphylococcus epidermidis (SE) complications are reported, but we have not found any reference about reactive arthritis secondary to SE. We report an unusual case of a patient with SE bacteriaemia, who developed elbow arthritis, asymmetrical sacroiliitis, keratoderma and restrictive cardiomyopathy. The clinical pictures, the instrumental and biochemical findings, in particular the positivity of HLA B27, allow us to set this case in the complex and heterogeneous chapter of reactive arthritis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arthritis, Reactive / diagnosis
  • Arthritis, Reactive / drug therapy
  • Arthritis, Reactive / etiology*
  • Arthritis, Reactive / physiopathology
  • Bacteremia / complications*
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy
  • Bacteremia / physiopathology
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiomyopathies / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography
  • HLA-B27 Antigen / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Keratoderma, Palmoplantar / etiology
  • Keratoderma, Palmoplantar / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Sacroiliac Joint / physiopathology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / complications*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / physiopathology
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis / drug effects
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis / immunology*

Substances

  • HLA-B27 Antigen