Arthritis, Reactive

"Arthritis, Reactive" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D016918
MeSH Number(s)	C01.539.100.500 C05.116.900.853.625.800.637 C05.550.114.099.500 C05.550.114.865.800.637
Concept/Terms	Arthritis, Reactive Arthritis, Reactive Arthritides, Reactive Reactive Arthritides Reactive Arthritis Post-Infectious Arthritis Post Infectious Arthritis Postinfectious Arthritis Arthritis, Post-Infectious Arthritides, Post-Infectious Arthritis, Post Infectious Post-Infectious Arthritides Arthritis, Postinfectious Arthritides, Postinfectious Postinfectious Arthritides Reiter Syndrome Reiter Syndrome Syndrome, Reiter Reiter's Disease Disease, Reiter's Reiters Disease Reiter Disease Disease, Reiter

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Arthritis, Reactive".

Diseases [C]
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01]
Infection [C01.539]
Arthritis, Infectious [C01.539.100]
Arthritis, Reactive [C01.539.100.500]
Musculoskeletal Diseases [C05]
Bone Diseases [C05.116]
Spinal Diseases [C05.116.900]
Spondylitis [C05.116.900.853]
Spondylarthritis [C05.116.900.853.625]
Spondylarthropathies [C05.116.900.853.625.800]
Arthritis, Reactive [C05.116.900.853.625.800.637]
Joint Diseases [C05.550]
Arthritis [C05.550.114]
Arthritis, Infectious [C05.550.114.099]
Arthritis, Reactive [C05.550.114.099.500]
Spondylarthritis [C05.550.114.865]
Spondylarthropathies [C05.550.114.865.800]
Arthritis, Reactive [C05.550.114.865.800.637]

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