[Mycoplasmal infection in patients with reactive arthritis and seronegative spondyloarthropaties]

Medicina (Kaunas). 2003;39(5):460-3.
[Article in Lithuanian]

Abstract

After investigation of 150 patients with reactive arthritis and undifferentiated spondyloarthropathies, inflammation signs of urogenital tract (uretritis in men and endocervicitis in women) were found in about 2/3 of patients. In those patients with reactive arthritis and undifferentiated spondyloarthropathies Ureaplazma urealyticum was found in more than 1/4 of patients, Mycoplasma hominis - in 1/10 of patients, and both microbes appeared in 1/10 of patients. Micoplasmal infection occurred in equal frequency in patients with reactive arthritis and undifferentiated spondyloarthropathies with a tendency to appear more in women than in men.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arthritis, Reactive / etiology*
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Data Interpretation, Statistical
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycoplasma Infections / complications*
  • Mycoplasma hominis* / isolation & purification
  • Sex Factors
  • Spondylarthropathies / etiology*
  • Ureaplasma Infections / complications*
  • Ureaplasma urealyticum* / isolation & purification
  • Urethritis / etiology
  • Urethritis / microbiology
  • Uterine Cervicitis / etiology
  • Uterine Cervicitis / microbiology