Reactive arthritis induced by tonsillitis: a type of 'focal infection'.
DISCUSSION: Sterile inflammatory arthritis induced by tonsillitis was cured by resection of the microabscess in the tonsils. Therefore, ReA induced by tonsillitis is one form of 'focal infection'.
PMID: 21865696 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Advances in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Category: ENT & OMF Tags: Adv Otorhinolaryngol Source Type: research
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