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Clinical studies on gonococcal arthritis and reiter's syndrome and measurement of gonococcal and bedsonia antibodies

1968; Wiley; Volume: 11; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/art.1780110406

1529-0131

John T. Sharp, Martin D. Lidsky, William A. Riley,

Bacterial Infections and Vaccines

Abstract Clinical and serologic studies on 94 patients suspected of having gonococcal arthritis or Reiter's syndrome are reported. Twenty‐eight patients had arthritis due to a Neisserian organism. Causative organisms were identified as gonococci in 19 instances. The species of the remaining 9 organisms was not identified. Seven patients exhibited the complete Reiter's syndrome. Neither clinical features nor measurement of gonococcal or Bedsonia antibodies were sufficient to establish a diagnosis in those cases that had sterile blood and synovial fluid cultures and lacked the Reiter's triad.