OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of antibiotic treatment of urethritis or cervicitis on the incidence of recurrences of articular symptoms in Reiter's syndrome patients. METHODS: Retrospective evaluation of the medical charts of 109 patients living in Greenland. RESULTS: Thirty-seven percent of the episodes of genitourinary tract inflammation that were not treated or were treated with penicillin were followed by arthritis, compared with 10% of those treated with tetracycline or erythromycin. CONCLUSION: Antibiotics active against Chlamydia trachomatis reduced the risk of postvenereal arthritis in the population studied.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of antibiotic treatment of urethritis or cervicitis on the incidence of recurrences of articular symptoms in Reiter's syndromepatients. METHODS: Retrospective evaluation of the medical charts of 109 patients living in Greenland. RESULTS: Thirty-seven percent of the episodes of genitourinary tract inflammation that were not treated or were treated with penicillin were followed by arthritis, compared with 10% of those treated with tetracycline or erythromycin. CONCLUSION: Antibiotics active against Chlamydia trachomatis reduced the risk of postvenereal arthritis in the population studied.
Authors: Hyun Kyu Chang; Ki Tae Bang; Bo Han Lee; Jung Hyuk Kim; Kang Woo Bae; Myong Jin Kim; Seong-Kyu Kim Journal: Korean J Intern Med Date: 2006-06 Impact factor: 2.884
Authors: T Yli-Kerttula; R Luukkainen; U Yli-Kerttula; T Möttönen; M Hakola; M Korpela; M Sanila; J Parviainen; J Uksila; R Vainionpää; A Toivanen Journal: Ann Rheum Dis Date: 2000-07 Impact factor: 19.103
Authors: M Leirisalo-Repo; P Helenius; T Hannu; A Lehtinen; J Kreula; M Taavitsainen; S Koskimies Journal: Ann Rheum Dis Date: 1997-09 Impact factor: 19.103