Acute Oligoarthritis Associated With Clostridium difficile Pseudomembranous Colitis
- 1 March 1984
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 144 (3) , 617-619
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1984.00350150229045
Abstract
• The abrupt onset of a sterile inflammatory oligoarthritis developed in a patient with active Clostridium difficile pseudomembranous colitis. The arthritis affected a hip and a knee. Leukocyte counts of synovial fluid obtained from the patient's left hip and knee were elevated. He was haplotyped as HLA-B27 antigen-positive. The colitis and arthritis promptly abated after treatment with oral vancomycin hydrochloride. Three other cases of arthritis associated with antibiotic-induced colitis were reviewed. It seems as if treatment of the colitis leads to resolution of the arthritis. (Arch Intern Med 1984;144:617-619)Keywords
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