title: [Mycoplasmal infection in patients with reactive arthritis and seronegative spondyloarthropaties].
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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Vilnius University, Lithuania. laf@takas.lt
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Butrimiene
authors.forename: Jelena
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ranceva
authors.forename: Algimantas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Griskevicius
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000209:etiology*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000150:complications*; D019535:Mycoplasma hominis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012737:Sex Factors; D025242:Spondylarthropathies / Q000209:etiology*; D016869:Ureaplasma Infections / Q000150:complications*; D016990:Ureaplasma urealyticum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014526:Urethritis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology