Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to analyse retrospectively adult patients with acute joint or muscle symptoms and a high antistreptolysin O (ASO) titre to find out which syndromes of clinical arthritis are associated with serological evidence of streptococcal infection. METHODS:Seventy six adult patients with an acute arthritis syndrome or an exacerbation in their chronic rheumatic disease and simultaneously a high ASO titre (> or = 500 Todd units) were examined in two time periods in the 1980s. RESULTS:Twenty six patients had arthritis associated with a known rheumatic disease, 25 had non-specific arthralgia/myalgia, 20 had reactive arthritis, and five had septic arthritis. No case of classic rheumatic fever classified by two major criteria was found. Six patients fulfilled one major and at least two minor criteria. The frequency of HLA-B27 was significantly higher in the whole patient group than in the healthy Finnish population (30 v 14%). CONCLUSIONS:It is concluded that classic rheumatic fever is now rare, even in patients with arthritis with a high ASO titre. These results support the suggestion that beta haemolytic streptococci may trigger reactive arthritis as well as rheumatic fever.
journal_name
Ann Rheum Disjournal_title
Annals of the rheumatic diseasesauthors
Valtonen JM,Koskimies S,Miettinen A,Valtonen VVdoi
10.1136/ard.52.7.527subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-07-01 00:00:00pages
527-30issue
7eissn
0003-4967issn
1468-2060journal_volume
52pub_type
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journal_title:Annals of the rheumatic diseases
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.55.12.931
更新日期:1996-12-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1136/ard.45.12.1019
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doi:10.1136/ard.44.8.564
更新日期:1985-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1984-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1998-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,实务指引,评审
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更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.59.6.434
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2013-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.46.11.837
更新日期:1987-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200657
更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of the rheumatic diseases
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.58.6.357
更新日期:1999-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of the rheumatic diseases
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.2004.029355
更新日期:2005-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of the rheumatic diseases
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.44.2.130
更新日期:1985-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.2008.097212
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2007-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.58.10.618
更新日期:1999-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.60.2.158
更新日期:2001-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.2007.075382
更新日期:2008-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215361
更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.47.6.492
更新日期:1988-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.42.5.516
更新日期:1983-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
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更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00