title: [Current aspects of the Fiessinger-Leroy-Reiter syndrome seen at the initial stage in a military setting].
abstract: The authors report a series of 40 recent personal cases of the Fiessinger-Leroy-Reiter syndrome seen at the initial stage in military personnel, in which post-diarrhoeal forms were combined with post-urethritis forms. They emphasize the special features of the articular lesions which alone orient the diagnosis towards this syndrome which is confirmed by the evolution and the paraclinical examinations. They also emphasize the value for diagnosis of the disease of testing for HLA B27 and also its importance with regard to the prognosis, but they show that this antigen is sometimes absent particularly subjected to numerous hostile factors related to poor hygienic conditions. The authors conclude that the presence of the HLA B27 antigen must not lead to a refusal to recognize the relation of this disease to service in patients who have been subjected to the hostile factors that have a role in the genesis of the Fiessinger-Leroy-Reiter syndrome, as this is frequent in military personnel.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D005602:France; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008887:Military Medicine
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens
vernacular_title: Aspect actuel dy syndrome de Fiessinger-Leroy-Reiter vu au stade initial en milieu militaire