TY - T1 - Reactive arthritis and other musculoskeletal symptoms associated with acquisition of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/315737 T3 - A1 - Tuompo, Riitta; Lääveri, Tinja; Hannu, Timo; Pakkanen, Sari H.; Kirveskari, Juha; Leirisalo-Repo, Marjatta; Kantele, Anu A2 - PB - Y1 - 2020 LA - eng AB - Objectives Using a prospective research design, we evaluated the association between acquisition of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) and development of reactive arthritis (ReA) and other reactive musculoskeletal (MSK) symptoms among international travellers. Methods A total of 526 study participants were asked to provide pretravel and post-travel stool samples and fill in questionnaires (pretravel, post-travel and 3-week follow-up). A multiplex quantitative PCR assay was deployed to detect ... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine; reumatologia; infektiotaudit; reaktiivinen artriitti N1 - PP - ER -