ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 172 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Claire E. Barber1, Joseph Kim2, Robert D. Inman3, John Esdaile4 and Matthew T. James5, 1Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, 3Dept of Medicine/Rheumatology, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 5Medicine, Univeristy of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Background/Purpose: Although bacterial infections are a common precipitant, it is unclear whether antibiotic treatment is effective for reactive arthritis. The purpose of this study was…