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© 1983 All rights reserved

Chlamydia and Reiter's Syndrome

Bernard Amor


  Abstract

The role of Chlumydia trachomaus in Reiter's syndrome (RS) is reviewed Chlamydia is an obligate, intracellular parasite which can be isolated from urcthral smears in 36% of patients with RS. Two separate surveys carried out on RS patients in France, in 1977–78 and in 1982–83 showed that antibodies to C trachomatis could be detected by a microimmunofluorescence test in 55% and 64% of subjects, respectively, and this is significantly higher than the levels found in rheumatoid or healthy controls.

Further studies arc indicated to evaluate the role of Chlamydia in RS.

KEY WORDS: Reiter's syndrome, Chlamydia trachomatis, HLA-B27, Ankylosing spondylitis, Reactive arthritis


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