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Distribution of bacterial pathogens among patients with reactive musculoskeletal symptoms (n=9)
| ReA n=4* | ReTe n=2 | ReAlg n=3† | |
| EPEC | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| ETEC | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| EAEC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
*One patient with two pathogens (EPEC+EAEC).
†One patient with two pathogens (EPEC+ETEC).
EAEC, enteroaggregative Escherichia coli ; EPEC, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli; ETEC, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli ; ReA, reactive arthritis; ReAlg, reactive arthralgia; ReTe, reactive tendinitis and enthesitis.
