CHLAMYDIA ANTIBODIES IN RHEUMATIC PATIENTS

Abstract. 93 patients with recent inflammatory joint disease were investigated for the presence of anti- Chlamydia IgM antibodies. The specific antibodies have been found in 17 patients (18.2%) by ELISA Chlamydia TRUE- IgM commercial kit. 58.8 % of positive patients had clinical diagnosis of reactive arthritis; 29.4 % of ankylosing spondylitis and 5.9 % of sacroilitis and Reiter’s syndrome too. Serological investigation of patients with arthritis appeared as necessary for a better understanding the germy ethyology of seronegative arthritis