ANTI-PROTEUS ANTIBODIES AND PROTEUS ORGANISMS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: A CLINICAL STUDY |
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Authors: | McDONAGH J; GRAY J; SYKES H; WALKER D J; BINT A J; DEIGHTON C M |
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Institution: | *Departments of Rheumatology Royal Victoria Infirmary Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 4LP
Departments of Microbiology, Royal Victoria Infirmary Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 4LP |
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Abstract: | We have studied anti-Proteus antibodies (APA), isolation ofProteus, and their relation to various measures of RA diseaseactivity. Seventy RA patients with a CRP>10 mg/l had higherAPA titres than 17 RA patients with CRP |
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