Audrey Courcoul1, Anne Brinster2, Evelyne Decullier3, Jean-Paul Larbre4, Muriel Piperno4, Eric Pradat5, Jacques G Tebib1, Daniel Wendling2, Fabienne Coury6. 1. Département de rhumatologie, hospices civils de Lyon, centre hospitalier Lyon Sud, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France; Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France. 2. Département de rhumatologie, centre hospitalier de Besançon, 25030 Besançon, France; Université de Franche-Comté, 25030 Besançon, France. 3. Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France; Pôle IMER, hospices civils de Lyon, 69002 Lyon, France. 4. Département de rhumatologie, hospices civils de Lyon, centre hospitalier Lyon Sud, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France. 5. Unité d'information médicale, hospices civils de Lyon, 69002 Lyon, France. 6. Département de rhumatologie, hospices civils de Lyon, centre hospitalier Lyon Sud, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France; Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France. Electronic address: fabienne.coury@free.fr.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Reactive arthritis (ReA) is a sterile arthritis following an extra-articular infection, usually of the gastrointestinal or genitourinary tract. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence and the clinical and therapeutic characteristics of ReA and to compare them with those of a historical cohort. We hypothesised that improved hygiene together with prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections may have decreased the incidence of ReA. METHODS: All patients with ReA diagnosed in the University Hospital Centres of Lyon Sud and Besançon from January 2002 to December 2012 were included in the study retrospectively and were compared with ReA patients diagnosed from January 1986 to December 1996 in the same two hospitals. Medical records were reviewed, clinical features, treatments and outcomes were analysed and diagnoses were compared with international diagnostic criteria. RESULTS: Twenty-seven patients were included between 2002 and 2012 compared with 31 between 1986 and 1996. The overall incidence of ReA in patients hospitalised in the rheumatology department did not change, although the current evolution is more severe with development of chronic disease in the form of more frequent spondyloarthritis. While the incidence of Chlamydiae trachomatis has decreased, new microbes are now found to be involved. CONCLUSIONS: ReA still exists and its incidence has been stable over the last 30 years. However, ReA currently more often progress to spondyloarthritis. Our study also highlights the need for diagnostic criteria that accurately detect ReA.
OBJECTIVE: Reactive arthritis (ReA) is a sterile arthritis following an extra-articular infection, usually of the gastrointestinal or genitourinary tract. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence and the clinical and therapeutic characteristics of ReA and to compare them with those of a historical cohort. We hypothesised that improved hygiene together with prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections may have decreased the incidence of ReA. METHODS: All patients with ReA diagnosed in the University Hospital Centres of Lyon Sud and Besançon from January 2002 to December 2012 were included in the study retrospectively and were compared with ReA patients diagnosed from January 1986 to December 1996 in the same two hospitals. Medical records were reviewed, clinical features, treatments and outcomes were analysed and diagnoses were compared with international diagnostic criteria. RESULTS: Twenty-seven patients were included between 2002 and 2012 compared with 31 between 1986 and 1996. The overall incidence of ReA in patients hospitalised in the rheumatology department did not change, although the current evolution is more severe with development of chronic disease in the form of more frequent spondyloarthritis. While the incidence of Chlamydiae trachomatis has decreased, new microbes are now found to be involved. CONCLUSIONS: ReA still exists and its incidence has been stable over the last 30 years. However, ReA currently more often progress to spondyloarthritis. Our study also highlights the need for diagnostic criteria that accurately detect ReA.
Authors: Se Jin Byun; William Han Bae; Seung Min Jung; Sang-Won Lee; Yong-Beom Park; Jason Jungsik Song Journal: PLoS One Date: 2017-09-14 Impact factor: 3.240