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1730103

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique to detect Chlamydia trachomatis DNA was used to examine synovial specimens from patients with reactive arthritis. We were able to detect C. trachomatis DNA in synovial specimens which had been seeded with intact elementary bodies or chlamydial DNA. However, we were unable to detect chlamydial DNA in unseeded synovial specimens from 10 patients with sexually acquired reactive arthritis, 17 patients with reactive arthritis and 11 control patients with other arthropathies. In addition, using a monoclonal antibody technique, we were unable to detect chlamydial antigen in any of the synovial cell deposits examined. We conclude that C. trachomatis DNA was not present in the joints of these patients at the time of synovial fluid collection, and suggest that either DNA degradation occurred rapidly after viable chlamydiae had entered the joint or that chlamydial DNA was not present at any stage of the reactive response.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0263-7103
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
31-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
A search for Chlamydia trachomatis in synovial fluids from patients with reactive arthritis using the polymerase chain reaction and antigen detection methods.
pubmed:affiliation
Pathology Service, Dunedin Hospital, New Zealand.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article