Reactive arthritis. Urogenital and post -Enterocolitic. Badokin V.V.

The monograph is devoted to reactive arthritis - one of the rheumatic diseases, which still remains little known to both rheumatologists and relaxed specialties. Attention to the problem of reactive arthritis was drawn in connection with the prevalence of this disease, the insufficient knowledge of its pathogenesis, the absence of generally accepted diagnostic criteria and treatment methods.

The book contains modern ideas about the epidemiology of reactive arthritis, their etiology, the features of pathogenesis and mechanisms Persistence of microorganisms inducing this disease. The clinical picture of the articular syndrome and the non -surveying manifestations of urogenital and post -anterocolitic reactive arthritis, the differences from other spondylitis, the diagnostic criteria, as well as rational etiological, anti -inflammatory and pathogenetic therapy are described in detail. At the end of the book, questions and tasks are presented for monitoring the assimilation of the material.

The publication is designed for a wide range of readers - rheumatologists, therapists, dermatovenerologists, gynecologists, infectious disease specialists, as well as cadets of the faculties of training in the specialty "Rheumatology".