Role of Chlamydia trachomatis and HLA-B27 in sexually acquired reactive arthritis.
Keat, A C, Maini, R N, Nkwazi, G C, Pegrum, G D, Ridgway, G L, Scott, J T
Inflammatory arthritis, tendinitis, and fasciitis after non-specific urethritis ("sexually acquired reactive arthritis" (SARA)) was studied prospectively in 531 men with non-specific urethritis, with...
Role of Chlamydia trachomatis and HLA-B27 in sexually acquired reactive arthritis.
Keat, A C, Maini, R N, Nkwazi, G C, Pegrum, G D, Ridgway, G L, Scott, J T
Inflammatory arthritis, tendinitis, and fasciitis after non-specific urethritis ("sexually acquired reactive arthritis" (SARA)) was studied prospectively in 531 men with non-specific urethritis, with...
Evidence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in sexually acquired reactive arthritis.
Keat, A C, Thomas, B J, Taylor-Robinson, D, Pegrum, G D, Maini, R N, Scott, J T
Thirty male patients with sexually acquired reactive arthritis (SARA) have been studied at the time of their initial presentation and thereafter. Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from the urethral...
Anaplastic myeloma in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Butler, R C, Thomas, S M, Thompson, J M, Keat, A C
We describe a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus who developed an unusual form of anaplastic myeloma. Possible relationships between the two disease, and the role played by immunosuppressive...
Calcinosis of joints and periarticular tissues associated with vitamin D intoxication.
Butler, R C, Dieppe, P A, Keat, A C
We describe a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and widespread joint and periarticular calcinosis related to self-medication with vitamin D, which was aggravated by oral phosphate therapy prescribed...
Comparative studies of serum and synovial fluid C reactive protein concentrations.
Rowe, I F, Sheldon, J, Riches, P G, Keat, A C
The relation between serum and synovial fluid (SF) C reactive protein (CRP) concentrations was investigated in a variety of arthritides, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis,...
Evidence that Chlamydia trachomatis causes seronegative arthritis in women.
Taylor-Robinson, D, Thomas, B J, Dixey, J, Osborn, M F, Furr, P M, Keat, A C
Chlamydia trachomatis elementary bodies (EBs) were found in synovial membranes or synovial fluid cell deposits from five of 15 women with seronegative mono- or oligoarthritis by means of a...
We report the occurrence of writer's cramp in a 31 year old B27 positive man with a recent past history of Reiter's syndrome. Although aware of the close linguistic relation between the pen and the...
Echocardiographic diastolic abnormalities of the left ventricle in inflammatory joint disease.
Rowe, I F, Gibson, D G, Keat, A C, Brewerton, D A
Echocardiographic early diastolic abnormalities have been shown recently in 50% of men with ankylosing spondylitis. Similar techniques were used to investigate subjects with rheumatoid arthritis and...
Inflammatory joint disease and human immunodeficiency virus infection
Forster, S M, Seifert, M H, Keat, A C, Rowe, I F, Thomas, B J, Taylor-Robinson, D, ...
Nine men positive for antibody to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who developed peripheral, non-erosive arthritis were followed up. The clinical features were compatible with reactive arthritis...
HLA-B27 subtypes in the spondarthropathies.
MacLean, I L, Iqball, S, Woo, P, Keat, A C, Hughes, R A, Kingsley, G H, ...
The spondarthropathy (Sp)-associated HLA-B27 antigen includes at least seven subtypes, B*2701-07, of which 01, 02, 05 and 07 occur in Caucasians. This study examined the B27 subtype distribution in...
Gonococcal arthritis caused by auxotype P in a man with HIV infection.
Moyle, G, Barton, S E, Midgley, J, Rowe, I F, Keat, A C, Lawrence, A G
The development of gonococcal arthritis is reported in a man with HIV infection and CDC Stage IVC2 disease. The diagnosis of disseminated Neisseria gonorrhoeae was facilitated by microbiological...
Colitis caused by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Ravi, S., Keat, A. C., Keat, E. C.
Four cases of acute proctocolitis associated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug therapy are presented. The drugs implicated were flufenamic acid, mefenamic acid, naproxen and ibuprofen. After...
Pyogenic infection and rheumatoid arthritis.
Rowe, I. F., Deans, A. C., Keat, A. C.
Ten episodes of severe pyogenic infection occurring in nine patients with rheumatoid arthritis are reported. There was a wide range of presenting features including pyoarthrosis in 7 episodes. Three...
Inflammatory joint disease and human immunodeficiency virus infection
Forster, S M, Seifert, M H, Keat, A C, Rowe, I F, Thomas, B J, Taylor-Robinson, D, ...
Nine men positive for antibody to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who developed peripheral, non-erosive arthritis were followed up. The clinical features were compatible with reactive arthritis...