SCHISTOSOMIASIS AND INFLAMMATORY POLYARTHRITIS - A CLINICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND LABORATORY STUDY OF 96 PATIENTS INFECTED BY SCHISTOSOMA-MANSONI WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE DIARTHRODIAL JOINT

  • 1 May 1986
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 59  (229) , 479-487
Abstract
Patients with active Schistosoma mansonii infection attending a medical clinical in an endemic area, 100 miles from Cairo [Egypt], were asked to participate in this study. Ninety-six patients are reported, 72 of whom presented with musculoskeletal complaints. Nine of these presented with an enthesitis alone: 16 had an inflammatory peripheral polyarthritis alone; the remaining 47 were suffering from the combination of both an arthritis and an enthesitis. Alpha-1-acid glycoprotein was significantly lowered in those patients with musculoskeletal manifestations.