Table 2 Bacterial sequences identified in synovial fluid from reactive arthritis and postinfectious arthritis patients

Patient A

1 × Neisseria (3)

1 × E. coli (2)

2 × E. coli (5)

1 × Lactobacillus (3)

1 × Abiotrophia adiceins

1 × Pseudomonas (1)

1 × Peptostreptococcus (2)

1 × Pseudomonas (4)

1 × Streptococcus (9)

Patient H

1 × Anabaena (1)

3 × Deinococcus (1)

3 × Staphylococcus (1)

2 × Neisseria (1)

2 × Lactobacillus (1)

Patient B

1 × Bradyrhizobium (1)

2 × Propionibacterium acnes (1)

3 × Anabaena (1)

1 × Bacillus (5)

1 × Streptococcus (7)

1 × Mycobacterium (1)

1 × Peptostreptococcus (4)

1 × Anabaena (1)

1 × Staphylococcus (1)

1 × Anabaena (1)

1 × Lactobacillus (2)

1 × Peptostreptococcus (3)

1 × Taxeobacter

1 × Actinomycetes sp.

1 × Bacillus (3)

1 × Acinetobacter

1 × Unidentified Eubacterium

1 × Neisseria (1)

1 × Desulfovibrio sp.

Patient I

1 × Brevundimonas sp.

2 × Prevotella (2)

1 × Curtobacterium (1)

1 × Bacillus (4)

1 × Curtobacterium (2)

Patient C

1 × Methylobacterium (1)

1 × P. acnes (1)

1 × P. acnes (1)

1 × Neisseria (1)

1 × Bradyrhizobium (1)

1 × Streptococcus (2)

1 × P. acnes (1)

1 × Mycobacterium (2)

1 × Bradyrhizobium (1)

1 × Anabaena (1)

Patient D

1 × Pseudomonas (2)

1 × Pseudomonas (2)

1 × Staphylococcus (1)

2 × P. acnes (1)

1 × Dunganella

1 × Unidentified Eubacterium

1 × Pseudomonas (6)

1 × Staphylococcus (2)

1 × Corynebacterium (3)

1 × Staphylococcus (3)

Patient J

1 × Gamella (2)

1 × Corynebacterium (2)

1 × Corynebaterium (1)

1 × Corynebacterium (4)

CC29 Agrobacterium

1 × Nevskia ramosa (1)

1 × Staphylococcus (3)

1 × Staphylococcus (2)

1 × Anabaena (1)

1 × Paracoccus sp.

1 × Pseudomonas (1)

1 × Lactobacillus (2)

1 × Streptococcus (1)

1 × Methylobacterium (2)

1 × P. acnes (1)

1 × Streptococcus (2)

1 × Bradyrhizobium (1)

1 × Rhodococcus (2)

1 × Nevskia ramosa (1)

1 × Timone (2)

1 × Unidentified

Patient K

1 × Tetracoccus

3 × Unidentified Eubacterium (1)

3 × Anabaena (2)

1 × Comamonas

3 × Anabaena (2)

1 × Anabaena (3)

1 × Frankia

2 × P. acnes (1)

3 × P. acnes (1)

1 × Actinomycetes

2 × Alacaligenes (1)

2 × Lactobacillus (2)

2 × Rhodococcus (1)

2 × Nocardioides (1)

Patient E

1 × Streptococcus (6)

1 × Neisseria (2)

3 × Staphylococcus (1)

1 × Anabaena (1)

1 × Neisseria (2)

1 × Timone (1)

1 × Staphylococcus (3)

1 × Streptococcus (1)

1 × Staphylococcus (1)

1 × Prevotella (1)

1 × Streptococcus (8)

1 × Pseudomonas (1)

1 × β-Proteobacterium

1 × Unidentified Eubacterium (1)

1 × Neviskia ramosa (1)

1 × Unidentified Eubacterium

1 × Staphylococcus (1)

1 × Unidentified

1 × Brevibacterium

1 × Burkholderia

1 × Burkholderia

1 × Kineosporia

Patient F

1 × Nitrosomonas

1 × Spirochaeta

1 × Propionibacterium (2)

2 × Pseudomonas (2)

1 × Streptococcus (3)

1 × Propionibacterium (2)

Patient L

1 × Anabaena (1)

1 × Anabaena (1)

4 × Unidentified Eubacterium (1)

9 × Unidentified Eubacterium (1)

1 × Stenotrophomonas

1 × Corynebacterium (1)

3 × Gamella (1)

3 × Micrococcus (1)

1 × Burkholderia

1 × Streptococcus (4)

1 × Staphylococcus (1)

1 × Micrococcus (2)

1 × Actinomyces

1 × Afipia

1 × P. acnes (1)

1 × Methylobacterium (1)

1 × Pseudomonas (3)

1 × Methylobacterium (2)

Patient G

1 × Corynebaterium (1)

1 × Alcaligenes (2)

1 × Pseudomonas (5)

3 × P. acnes (1)

1 × Timone (1)

1 × Staphylococcus (1)

3 × Pseudomonas (5)

1 × Rhodococcus (1)

1 × Afipia

1 × Streptococcus (2)

1 × Peptostreptococcus (1)

1 × Pinus strobus

1 × Streptococcus (5)

1 × Neisseria (2)

1 × Gamella (3)

1 × Methylobacterium (1)