Rheumatoid factor production in response to gonococcal polyarthritis and tenosynovitis.
A case of gonococcal polyarthritis in a 19-year old woman was rheumatoid factor positive on presentation. Titres of rheumatoid factor declined to normal as her arthritis resolved with treatment. A positive rheumatoid factor test in a person with possible gonococcal polyarthritis should therefore be disregarded until an infective aetiology has been ruled out.
D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis
D012217:Rheumatoid Factor