Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Reactive arthritis developing after pneumococcal conjunctivitis: a case report. | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Reactive arthritis developing after pneumococcal conjunctivitis a case report Amit S Verma 1 and Dorian Dwarika2 Address Western General Hospital Crewe Road Edinburgh UK and 2City Hospital Dudley Road Birmingham UK Email Amit S Verma - sedna1973@ Dorian Dwarika - Dwarika5@ Corresponding author Published 2 February 2007 Received 26 December 2006 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007 1 2 doi 1752-1947-1-2 Accepted 2 February 2007 This article is available from http content 1 1 2 2007 Verma and Dwarika licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background s. pneumoniae is a known cause of bacterial conjunctivitis and can be transmitted through contact with infected carriers. Case presentation A 38-year-old ophthalmologist developing reactive arthritis following clinic-acquired pneumococcal conjunctivitis. Conclusion 1 Despite the frequency and largely self-limiting nature of infective conjunctivitis it should be appropriately assessed and managed as the natural history can occasionally be associated with significant morbidity. 2 Hygienic measures are required to be implemented by both patients and ophthalmic staff to reduce the likelihood of transmission. Background Streptococcus pneumoniae is a known cause of bacterial conjunctivitis. Outbreaks associated with this pathogen have been reported in the medical literature within the past few years 1-3 . Spread through contact with infected carriers has been implicated as has contact lens wear 1 . We describe the case of an ophthalmologist developing the previously unreported complication of seronegative reactive arthritis after clinic-acquired
