Reactive Arthritis Caused by Urinary Tract Infection

Yuji Nishizaki; Shinichiro Yamagami; Hisashi Inoue; Yuki Uehara; Shigeto Kobayashi; Hiroyuki Daida

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.55.6112

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Reactive Arthritis Caused by Urinary Tract Infection

Yuji Nishizaki, Shinichiro Yamagami, Hisashi Inoue, Yuki Uehara, Shigeto Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Daida

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Keywords: catheter-associated urinary tract infection, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, percutaneous coronary intervention, reactive arthritis

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2016 Volume 55 Issue 9 Pages 1195-1198

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.55.6112

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Abstract

We report the case of a 58-year-old man presenting with chest pain who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The patient subsequently developed a fever over 38°C, pain on micturition, and cloudy urine 3 days following PCI. Urine cultures were positive for Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis, whereas blood cultures were negative. Arthritis occurred two weeks following urinary tract infection (UTI). We herein present a rare case of reactive arthritis caused by UTI following PCI.

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