Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) is the novel pathogen responsible for the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) outbreak. Researchers and clinicians are exploring the pathogenetic mechanisms of the viral-induced damage and growing interest is focusing on the short-term and long-term immune-mediated consequences triggered by the infection. We will focus on post-SARS-CoV2 infection arthritis which may arise as a new pathological condition associated with COVID-19. In this article, we describe a case of acute oligoarthritis occurring 13 days after a SARS-CoV2 severe pneumonia in a middle-aged Caucasian man and we go over a brief review of the current available literature. We hypothesize that molecular mimicry might be the basic immunological mechanism responsible for the onset of COVID-19-related arthritis based on the current knowledge of SARS-CoV2 and on the known pathogenetic mechanism of viral-induced arthritis.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Arthritis, SARS-CoV2, molecular mimicry, Reactive arthritis, 【초록키워드】 coronavirus disease, coronavirus, knowledge, Infection, pathogen, outbreak, molecular, severe pneumonia, mechanism, Immune-mediated, immunological mechanism, acute respiratory syndrome, clinician, pathological condition, consequence, responsible, triggered, viral-induced, viral-induced damage, with COVID-19, 【제목키워드】 Case report, literature review,