Why the study?
Are yersinia antigens present in the synovial-fluid cells of patients with reactive arthritis following yersinia infection?
Population
15 patients with reactive arthritis after yersinia infection, and 41 control patients with other rheumatic…
Comparison
Immunofluorescence and Western blotting of… vs Synovial-fluid cells from patients with other…
Design
Case-control
Authors
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May support yersinia antigen persistence in reactive arthritis joints; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Are yersinia antigens present in the synovial-fluid cells of patients with reactive arthritis following yersinia infection?
Yersinia antigens can be found in synovial-fluid cells from affected joints in patients with reactive arthritis after yersinia infection, despite negative bacterial cultures.
Granfors et al. (1989) studied this question.
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