Title
REACTIVE ARTHRITIS SUBSEQUENT TO SHIGELLA-FLEXNERI ENTERITIS IN 2 JUVENILE LOWLAND GORILLAS (GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA)
Author(s)
RAPHAEL, BL; CALLE, PP; HARAMATI, N; WATKINS, DI; STETTER, MD; COOK, RA
Published
1995
Publisher
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Abstract
Two juvenile lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) experienced polyarthropathies subsequent to Shigella flexneri enteritis. The clinical sign of lameness and soft tissue swelling resolved with anti-inflammatory and antibiotic therapy. One of the animals had a major histocompatibility class I allele with some sequence similarity to HLA-B27. This allele is associated with postinfection reactive arthritis in humans.
Keywords
SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; CHLAMYDIA; ANTIGENS
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