Clinical studies on gonococcal arthritis and reiter's syndrome and measurement of gonococcal and bedsonia antibodies

Clinical and serologic studies on 94 patients suspected of having gonococcal arthritis or Reiter's syndrome are reported. Twenty‐eight patients had arthritis due to a Neisserian organism. Causative organisms were identified as gonococci in 19 instances. The species of the remaining 9 organisms was not identified. Seven patients exhibited the complete Reiter's syndrome. Neither clinical features nor measurement of gonococcal or Bedsonia antibodies were sufficient to establish a diagnosis in those cases that had sterile blood and synovial fluid cultures and lacked the Reiter's triad.