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Reactive arthritis (ReA) or arthritis in general is much more frequently associated with C. trachomatis than C. pneumoniae. I will briefly introduce you to the clinical picture of reactive arthritis. Reactive arthritis occurs after urogenital tract infection with Chlamydia and the symptoms normally occur days or weeks after the initial infection. Often — as you also know from C. pneumoniae — the initiating infection is asymptomatic. Chlamydial antigen, DNA and even RNA have been found in the joint, making it very likely that Chlamydia survive in the joint. One of the pioneers who looked for DNA and RNA has been Alan Hudson who today presents the data on Alzheimer disease. A very similar clinical picture can be seen after gut infections with enterobacteria, and some of the data I will present for C. trachomatis also include data from Yersinia- and Salmonella-induced reactive arthritis.
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Sieper, J. (2000). Chlamydia infections and arthritis. In: L’age-Stehr, J. (eds) Chlamydia pneumoniae and Chronic Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57195-4_18
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