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Antibiotic treatment of venereal disease and Reiter's syndrome in a Greenland population.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1734908     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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.
Authors:
T Bardin; C Enel; F Cornelis; C Salski; C Jorgensen; R Ward; G M Lathrop
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Arthritis and rheumatism     Volume:  35     ISSN:  0004-3591     ISO Abbreviation:  Arthritis Rheum.     Publication Date:  1992 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-03-02     Completed Date:  1992-03-02     Revised Date:  2010-03-24    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370605     Medline TA:  Arthritis Rheum     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  190-4     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Clinique de Rhumatologie, H?pital Lariboisi?re, France.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Arthritis / epidemiology,  prevention & control*
Arthritis, Reactive / drug therapy*
Erythromycin / therapeutic use
Female
Greenland / ethnology
Humans
Incidence
Inuits
Male
Penicillins / therapeutic use*
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies
Sexually Transmitted Diseases / drug therapy*
Tetracycline / therapeutic use
Urethritis / drug therapy*
Uterine Cervicitis / drug therapy*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Penicillins; 114-07-8/Erythromycin; 60-54-8/Tetracycline

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