title: [The study of intra-articular infectious agents in reactive arthritis].
abstract: Reactive arthritis is differentiated from infectious arthritis by the lack of intraarticular infectious agents. Recently 2 groups, using different techniques have demonstrated intra-articular antigens in cases of reactive arthritis associated with Chlamydia and Yersinia infections. In this article we report the preliminary results of screening cells from synovial fluid for DNA of certain microorganisms by in situ hybridization. Our findings provide complementary evidence of the intra-articular presence of at least parts of microbes.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kandolf
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Vischer
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004279:DNA, Viral
vernacular_title: La recherche d'agents infectieux intra-articulaires dans l'arthrite réactionnelle.