Shigella sonnei: another cause of sexually acquired reactive arthritis

M Chen; V Delpech; B O'Sullivan; B Donovan

doi:10.1258/0956462021924640

Shigella sonnei: another cause of sexually acquired reactive arthritis

Int J STD AIDS. 2002 Feb;13(2):135-6. doi: 10.1258/0956462021924640.

Authors

M Chen¹, V Delpech, B O'Sullivan, B Donovan

Affiliation

¹ Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney Hospital, NSW, Australia. chenm@sesahs.nsw.gov.au

PMID: 11839171
DOI: 10.1258/0956462021924640

Abstract

We report a case of reactive arthritis attributable to sexually-acquired Shigella sonnei infection. This occurred in the context of an outbreak of S. sonnei among homosexually-active men in Sydney, Australia, in 2000.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology*
Dysentery, Bacillary / complications*
Dysentery, Bacillary / microbiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial / microbiology*
Shigella sonnei / isolation & purification*