Decreased activity of reiter's syndrome after urethrectomy | Zendy

Rubin Richard A. | Zendy; Goldfarb Richard A. | Zendy; Lidsky Martin D. | Zendy; Abrams Jackie | Zendy

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Decreased activity of reiter's syndrome after urethrectomy

Author(s) -

Rubin Richard A.,

Goldfarb Richard A.,

Lidsky Martin D.,

Abrams Jackie

Publication year - 1990

Publication title -

arthritis & rheumatism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1529-0131

pISSN - 0004-3591

DOI - 10.1002/art.1780330617

Subject(s) - urethritis , reiter's syndrome , medicine , rheumatic disease , chronic pyelonephritis , bacteroides fragilis , disease , antigen , dermatology , immunology , arthritis , antibiotics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology

Reiter's syndrome is a chronic rheumatic disease that develops after infective urethritis or gastroenteritis and has a strong association with the HLA‐B27 antigen. How these factors interact remains unclear. We present a patient with Reiter's syndrome who exhibited 2 novel features: unusually severe urethritis that produced strictures requiring surgery, and dramatic regression of his rheumatic manifestations following a urethrectomy.

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