The prevalence of Mycoplasma fermentans in patients with inflammatory arthritides.
Rheumatology (Oxford)
; 40(12): 1355-8, 2001 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-11752504
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To search for evidence that Mycoplasma fermentans is involved in the pathogenesis of some forms of human arthritis by testing for the presence of mycoplasmal DNA in joint material.METHODS:
M. fermentans DNA was detected by the identification of a 104-base pair amplification product of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).RESULTS:
M. fermentans DNA was detected in synovial fluid samples from six (17%) of 35 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 18 (21%) of 85 patients with seronegative arthritis. These detection rates were significantly greater than in samples from patients with osteoarthritis or crystal synovitis, none of 26 of these being positive.CONCLUSIONS:
M. fermentans could be involved in the pathogenesis of some forms of inflammatory arthritis and this possibility is worthy of further study.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Artritis Reumatoide
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Artritis Infecciosa
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Mycoplasma fermentans
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Infecciones por Mycoplasma
Tipo de estudio:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rheumatology (Oxford)
Asunto de la revista:
REUMATOLOGIA
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido