Fever as an initial manifestation of spondyloarthritis: A retrospective study.

Se Jin ByunWilliam Han BaeSeung Min JungSang-Won LeeYong-Beom ParkJasong Jungsik Song

Published in: PloS one (2017)

Various subgroups of SpA can be presented with fever as an initial manifestation. Febrile SpA patients demonstrated higher systemic inflammation and a lower chance to visit rheumatology in early stage. When evaluating febrile patients with any clinical features of SpA, clinicians are advised to consider performing SpA-focused evaluation including HLA-B27 or a simple sacroiliac joint radiograph.

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