A person suffers from B27 associated reactive ahritis, urethritis and conjunctivitis. Which is most likely organism involved in this case ?: (A) Borrelia burgdorferi, (B) Ureaplasma urealyticum, (C) Betahemolytic streptococci, (D) Streptococcus bovis
Answer is B. Ureaplasma urealyticum Reiter's syndrome is caused by a preceeding infection with chlamydia trachomatis. Other bacterias known to cause reactive ahritis are :? - Neisseria gonorrhoea - Ureaplasma urealyticurn - Salmonella - Shigella - Yersinia and - Campylobacter