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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Causes
It is set off by a preceding infection, the most common of which would be a genital infection with Chlamydia trachomatis in the US. Other bacteria known to cause reactive arthritis which are more common worldwide are Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Yersinia spp., and Campylobacter spp.[1] A bout of food poisoning or a gastrointestinal infection may also trigger the disease (those last four genera of bacteria mentioned are enteric bacteria).