Ankylosing Spondylitis Diary and Diet Research

The two most common ways are:

Chlamydia through sexual contact or Salmonella food poisoning.

Other Infectious agents most commonly involved in reactive arthritis:

BACTERIAL MICROORGANISMS

Enteric:

--Salmonella enteritidis, typhymurium, heidelberg, cholereses, saint paul, montevideo, agona.

--Yersinia enterocolitica

--Helicobacter jejuni (formerly Campylobacter)

--Clostridium difficile

Genitourinary:

--Chlamydia trachomatis

--Ureaplasma urealyticum

--Neisseria gonorrhea

Cutaneous:

--Propionibacterium acne

--Borrelia burgdorferi

Respiratory:

--Streptococcus pyogenes (hemolyticus), Group A

--Chlamydia pneumoniae

Other:

--Brucella sp.

--Neisseria meningitidis

--Mycobacterium tuberculosis

PARASITES

--Loa (filaria sp.)

--Giardia lamblia

--Entamoeba histolytica

--Blastocystis hominis

--Strongyloides stercolaris

--Taenia saginata

VIRUSES

--Hepatitis B, A, C

--Parvovirus B-19, RA-1

--Rubella

--Human immunodeficiency (HIV)

ARTHROVIRUSES

--Cytomegaloviruses

--Adenoviruses

--Human leukemia virus (HTLV-I)