Key result
Salmonella reactive arthritis may be complicated by carditis, presenting with fatigue, arrhythmia, and aortic valve involvement.
Case Report (n=2)
Salmonella reactive arthritis may be complicated by carditis involving the aortic valve, similar to other spondyloarthropathies.
May warrant cardiac evaluation in symptomatic cases; leaves open the incidence and management of Salmonella-associated carditis.
Reactive arthritis following infection with enteropathogenic bacteria is usually a self-limiting disease that disappears after a few months without sequela. We describe two girls who developed carditis shortly after the onset of reactive arthritis due to infection with Salmonella enteritidis. The carditis presented with fatigue and arrhythmia and involved the aortic valve in both patients leading to definite aortic regurgitation in one. A similar pattern of cardiac involvement is found in other spondyloarthropathies, including Reiter's syndrome and ankylosing spondylitis. We conclude that Salmonella reactive arthritis may be complicated by carditis.
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Huppertz et al. (1994) conducted a case report in Reactive arthritis due to Salmonella enteritidis (n=2). Salmonella enteritidis infection was evaluated on Carditis. Salmonella reactive arthritis may be complicated by carditis, presenting with fatigue, arrhythmia, and aortic valve involvement.
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