Short Medical Bibliography (August 98)

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Antibiotics for Rheumatic Diseases – A Short Medical Bibliography

by: Pierre Fontaine, LL.L., LL.B., LL.M. (Business Law)

Lawyer, Member of the Bar of Québec

Major Clinical Studies on Minocycline

Breedveld, FC, Dijkmans, BAC, Mattie, H, Minocycline Treatment for

Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Open Dose Finding Study, Journal of

Rheumatology, 1990, 17:1, 43-46.

Langevitz, P, Bank, I, Zemer, D, Book, M, Pras, M, Treatment of

Resistant Rheumatoid Arthritis with Minocycline: An Open Study, Journal

of Rheumatology, 1992, 19:10, 1502-1504.

O'Dell, JR, Haire, CE, Palmer, W, Drymalski, W, Wees, S, Blakely, K,

Churchill, M, Eckhoff, PJ, Weaver, A, Doud, D, son, N, Dietz, F,

Olson, R, Maloley, P, Klassen, LW, , GF, Treatment of Early

Rheumatoid Arthritis with Minocycline or Placebo: Results of a

Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial, Arthritis &

Rheumatism, 1997, 40:5, 842-848.

Tilley, BC, Alarcón, GS, Heyse, SP, Trentham, DE, Neuner, R, Kaplan, DA,

Clegg, DO, Leisen, JCC, Buckley, L, , SM, Duncan, H, Pillemer, SR,

Tuttleman, M, Fowler, SE, Minocycline in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A

48-Week, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial, ls of Internal

Medicine, 1995, 122:2, 81-89.

Minocycline & Other Antibiotics for Rheumatic Diseases

Bluhm, GB, Sharp, JT, Tilley, BC, Alarcón, GS, , SM, Pillemer, SR,

Clegg, DO, Heyse, SP, Trentham, DE, Neuner, R, Kaplan, DA, Leisen, JC,

Buckley, L, Duncan, H, Tuttleman, M, Li, S, Fowler, SE, Radiographic

Results from the Minocycline in Rheumatoid Arthritis (MIRA) Trial,

Journal of Rheumatology, 1997, 24:7, 1295-1302.

Breedveld, FC, Editorial: Minocycline in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Arthritis

& Rheumatism, 1997, 40:5, 794-796.

Breedveld, FC, Letters: Reply to Minocycline-Induced Autoimmune Disease,

Arthritis & Rheumatism, 1998, 41:3, 563-564.

Fox, R, Sharp, D, Editorial: Antibiotics as Biological Response

Modifiers, The Lancet, 1991, 337:8738, 400-401.

Greenwald, RA, Golub, LM, Lavietes, B, Ramamurthy, NS, Gruber, B,

Laskin, RS, McNamara, TF, Tetracyclines Inhibit Human Synovial

Collagenase In Vivo and In Vitro, Journal of Rheumatology, 1987, 14:1,

28-32.

Griffiths, B, Gough, A, Emery, P, Letters: Minocycline-Induced

Autoimmune Disease: Comment on the Editorial by Breedveld, Arthritis &

Rheumatism, 1998, 41:3, 563.

Kloppenburg, M, Breedveld, FC, Miltenburg, AMM, Dijkmans, BAC,

Antibiotics as Disease Modifiers in Arthritis, Clinical and Experimental

Rheumatology, 1993, 11: Suppl. 8, S113-S115.

Kloppenburg, M, Breedveld, FC, Terwiel, JPh, Mallee, C, Dijkmans, BAC,

Minocycline in Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Double-Blind,

Placebo-Controlled Trial, Arthritis & Rheumatism, 1994, 37:5, 629-636.

Kloppenburg, M, Mattie, H, Douwes, N, Dijkmans, BAC, Breedveld, FC,

Minocycline in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Relationship of

Serum Concentrations to Efficacy, Journal of Rheumatology, 1995, 22:4,

611-616.

Lauhio, A, Leirisalo-Repo, M, Lähdevirta, J, Saikku, P, Repo, H,

Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Three-Month Treatment with

Lymecycline in Reactive Arthritis, with Special Reference to Chlamydia

Arthritis, Arthritis & Rheumatism, 1991, 34:1, 6-14.

Lauhio, A, Sorsa, T, Lindy, O, Suomalainen, K, Saari, H, Golub, LM,

Konttinen, YT, The Anticollagenolytic Potential of Lymecycline in the

Long-Term Treatment of Reactive Arthritis, Arthritis & Rheumatism, 1992,

35:2, 195-198.

us, HE, Editorial: Minocycline Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis,

ls of Internal Medicine, 1995, 122:2, 147-148.

Pruzanski, W, Vadas, P, Editorial: Should Tetracyclines be Used in

Arthritis?, Journal of Rheumatology, 1992, 19:10, 1495-1497.

Sieper, J, Braun, J, Editorial: Treatment of Reactive Arthritis with

Antibiotics, British Journal of Rheumatology, 1998, 37:7, 717-720.

Mycoplasmas & Other L Forms Causing Various Forms of Rheumatic Diseases

Baseman, JB, Tully, JG, Mycoplasmas: Sophisticated, Reemerging, and

Burdened by Their Notoriety, CDC's Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1997,

3:1, 21-32.

, HW, Coker-Vann, MR, , JS, Brown, TMcP, Detection of

Mycoplasmal Antigens in Immune Complexes from Rheumatoid Arthritis

Synovial Fluids, ls of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 1988, 60:5,

394-398.

Franz, A, Webster, ADB, Furr, PM, -, D, Mycoplasmal

Arthritis in Patients with Primary Immunoglobulin Deficiency: Clinical

Features and Outcome in 18 Patients, British Journal of Rheumatology,

1997, 36:6, 661-668.

Hakkarainen K, Turunen, H, Miettinen, A, Karppelin, M, Kaitila, K,

Jansson, E, Mycoplasmas and Arthritis, ls of Rheumatic Diseases,

1992, 51, 1170-1172.

Hoffman, RH, Wise, KS, Letters: Reply to Mycoplasmas in the Joints of

Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Inflammatory Rheumatic

Disorders, Arthritis & Rheumatism, 1998, 41:4, 756-757.

Schaeverbeke, T, Bébéar, C, Lequen, L, Dehais, J, Bébéar, C, Letters:

Mycoplasmas in the Joints of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and

Other Inflammatory Rheumatic Disorders: Comment on the Article by

Hoffman et al., Arthritis & Rheumatism, 1998, 41:4, 754-756.

Schaeverbeke, T, Gilroy, CB, Bébéar, C, Dehais, J, -, D,

Mycoplasma fermentans, But Not M penetrans, Detected by PCR Assays in

Synovium from Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Rheumatic

Disorders, Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1996, 49, 824-828.

Bacterias & Viruses Causing Various Forms of Rheumatic Diseases

Blankenberg-Sprenkels, SHD, Fielder, M, Feltkamp, TEW, Tiwana, H,

, C, Ebringer, A, Antibodies to Klebsiella pneumoniae in Dutch

Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis and Acute Anterior Uveitis and to

Proteus mirabilis in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Journal of Rheumatology,

1998, 25:4, 743-747.

Inman, RD, The Role of Infection in Chronic Arthritis, Journal of

Rheumatology, 1992, 19, Supplement 33, 98-104.

Mills, JA, Do Bacteria Cause Chronic Polyarthritis?, New England Journal

of Medicine, 1989, 320:4, 245-246.

Rook, GAW, Lydyard, PM, Stanford, JL, A Reappraisal of the Evidence that

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Several Other Idiopathic Diseases Are Slow

Bacterial Infections, ls of Rheumatic Diseases, 1993, 52, S30-S38.

Schwartz, BD, Infectious Agents, Immunity, and Rheumatic Diseases,

Arthritis & Rheumatism, 1990, 33:4, 457-465.

Tani, Y, Tiwana, H, Hukuda, S, Nishioka, J, Fielder, M, , C,

Bansal, S, Ebringer, A, Antibodies to Klebsiella, Proteus, and HLA-B27

Peptides in Japanese Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis and Rheumatoid

Arthritis, Journal of Rheumatology, 1997, 24:1, 109-114.

Wilkinson, NZ, Kingsley, GH, Sieper, J, Braun, J, Ward, ME, Lack of

Correlation Between the Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis DNA in

Synovial Fluid from Patients with a Range of Rheumatic Diseases and the

Presence of an Antichlamydial Immune Response, Arthritis & Rheumatism,

1998, 41:5, 845-854.

Wollenhaupt, J, Kolbus, F, Weißbrodt, H, Schneider, C, Krech, T,

Zeidler, H, Manifestations of Chlamydia Induced Arthritis in Patients

with Silent Versus Symptomatic Urogenital Chlamydial Infection, Clinical

and Experimental Rheumatology, 1995, 13:4, 453-458.

Bacterias & Viruses Causing Rheumatoid Arthritis

Aoki, S, Yoshikawa, K, Yokoyama, T, Nonogaki, T, Iwasaki, S, Mitsui, T,

Niwa, S, Role of Enteric Bacteria in the Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid

Arthritis: Evidence for Antibodies to Enterobacterial Common Antigens in

Rheumatoid Sera and Synovial Fluids, ls of Rheumatic Diseases, 1996,

55:6, 363-369.

Mousavi-Jazi, M, Boström, L, Lövmark, C, Linde, A, Brytting, M,

Sundqvist, V-A, Infrequent Detection of Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr

Virus DNA in Synovial Membrane of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis,

Journal of Rheumatology, 1998, 25:4, 623-628.

Tiwana, H, , C, Cunningham, P, Binder, A, Ebringer, A, Antibodies

to Four Gram-Negative Bacteria in Rheumatoid Arthritis which Share

Sequences with the Rheumatoid Arthritis Susceptibility Motif, British

Journal of Rheumatology, 1996, 35:6, 592-594.

Bacterias & Viruses Causing Reactive Arthritis, Reiter's Syndrome &

Undifferentiated Oligoarthritis

Anonymous, Dengue Arthritis, British Journal of Rheumatology, 1996,

35:9, 909-910.

Aragón, A, Duran -Navarro, A, Familial Salmonella-Triggered

Reactive Arthritis, British Journal of Rheumatology, 1996, 35:9,

908-909.

Bas, S, Cunningham, T, Kvien, TK, Glennås, A, Melby, K, Vischer, TL,

Synovial Fluid and Serum Antibodies Against Chlamydia in Different Forms

of Arthritis: Intra-Articular IgA Production in Chlamydia Sexually

Acquired Reactive Arthritis, British Journal of Rheumatology, 1996,

35:6, 548-552.

Bas, S, Cunningham, T, Kvien, TK, Glennås, A, Melby, K, Vischer, TL, The

Value of Isotype Determination of Serum Antibodies Against Chlamydia for

the Diagnosis of Chlamydia Reactive Arthritis, British Journal of

Rheumatology, 1996, 35:6, 542-547.

Erlacher, L, Wintersberger, W, Menschik, M, Benke-Studnicka, A, Machold,

K, Stanek, G, Söltz-Szöts, J, Smolen, J, Graninger, W, Reactive

Arthritis: Urogenital Swab Culture is the Only Useful Diagnostic Method

for the Detection of the Arthritogenic Infection in Extra-Articularly

Asymptomatic Patients with Undifferentiated Oligoarthritis, British

Journal of Rheumatology, 1995, 34:9, 838-842.

Fendler, C, Braun, J, Eggens, U, Laitko, S, Sörensen, H, Distler, A,

Sieper, J, Bacteria-Specific Lymphocyte Proliferation in Peripheral

Blood in Reactive Arthritis and Related Diseases, British Journal of

Rheumatology, 1998, 37:5, 520-524.

Fendler, C, Wu, P, Eggens, U, Laitko, S, Sörensen, H, Distler, A, Braun,

J, Sieper, J, Longitudinal Investigation of Bacterium-Specific Synovial

Lymphocyte Proliferation in Reactive Arthritis and Lyme Arthritis,

British Journal of Rheumatology, 1998, 37:7, 784-788.

Gaston, JSH, Deane, KHO, Jecock, RM, Pearce, JH, Identification of 2

Chlamydia trachomatis Antigens Recognized by Synovial Fluid T Cells from

Patients with Chlamydia Induced Reactive Arthritis, Journal of

Rheumatology, 1996, 23:1, 130-136.

Gérard, HC, Branigan, PJ, Schumacher Jr, HR, Hudson, AP, Synovial

Chlamydia trachomatis in Patients with Reactive Arthritis/ Reiter's

Syndrome Are Viable But Show Aberrant Gene Expression, Journal of

Rheumatology, 1998, 25:4, 734-742.

Granfors, K, Do Bacterial Antigens Cause Reactive Arthritis?, Rheumatic

Disease Clinics of North America, 1992, 18:1, 37-48.

Granfors, K, Merilahti-Palo, R, Luukkainen, R, Möttönen, T, Lahesmaa, R,

Probst, P, Märker-Hermann, E, Toivanen, P, Persistence of Yersinia

Antigens in Peripheral Blood Cells from Patients with Yersinia

Enterocolitica 0:3 Infection with or without Reactive Arthritis,

Arthritis & Rheumatism, 1998, 41:5, 855-862.

Humphries, J, Akintunde, C, Richens, J, Cann, K, Farrar, J, Woodrow, D,

Tong, W, Keat, A, Search for Infective Agents in Undifferentiated

Oligoarthritis in Papua New Guinea, British Journal of Rheumatology,

1996, 35:5, 492-493.

Leitch, DN, Holland, CD, Reactive Arthritis, ß-Haemolytic Streptococcus

and Straphylococcus aureus, British Journal of Rheumatology, 1996, 35:9,

912.

on, RP, Editorial: Persistent Chlamydia trachomatis Infection: In

Vitro Phenomenon or In Vivo Trigger of Reactive Arthritis?, Journal of

Rheumatology, 1998, 25:4, 610-612.

Svenungsson, B, Editorial Review: Reactive Arthritis, International

Journal of STD & AIDS, 1995, 6:3, 156-160.

Bacterias & Viruses Causing Ankylosing Spondylitis, Psoriatic Arthritis,

Crohn's Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Ulcerative Colitis &

Spondyloarthropathies in General

Arnett, FC, Chakraborty, R, Editorial: Ankylosing Spondylitis: The

Dissection of a Complex Genetic Disease, Arthritis & Rheumatism, 1997,

40:10, 1746-1748.

Brandt, J, Rudwaleit, M, Eggens, U, Mertz, A, Distler, A, Sieper, J,

Braun, J, Increased Frequency of Sjögren's Syndrome in Patients with

Spondyloarthropathy, Journal of Rheumatology, 1998, 25:4, 718-724.

Ebringer, A, Ankylosing Spondylitis is Caused by Klebsiella: Evidence

from Immunogenetic, Microbiologic, and Serologic Studies, Rheumatic

Disease Clinics of North America, 1992, 18:1, 105-121.

Ebringer, A, Theoretical Models to Explain the Association of HLA-B27

with Ankylosing Spondylitis, Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology, 1990,

Supplement 87, 151-163.

Helliwell, PS, Hickling, P, , V, Do the Radiological Changes of

Classic Ankylosing Spondylitis Differ from the Changes Found in the

Spondylitis Associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Psoriasis, and

Reactive Arthritis?, ls of Rheumatic Diseases, 1998, 57, 135-140.

Layton, MA, Dziedzic, K, Dawes, PT, Letters to the Editor: Sacroiliitis

in an HLA B27-Negative Patient Following Giardiasis, British Journal of

Rheumatology, 1998, 37:5, 581-583.

Mäki-Ikola, O, Lehtinen, K, Granfors, K, Similarly Increased Serum IgA1

and IgA2 Subclass Antibody Levels against Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteria

in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients With/ Without Extra-Articular

Features, British Journal of Rheumatology, 1996, 35:2, 125-128.

Mäki-Ikola, O, Lehtinen, K, Granfors, K, Vainionpää, R, Toivanen, P,

Bacterial Antibodies in Ankylosing Spondylitis, Clinical Experimental

Immunology, 1991, 84, 472-475.

Nissilä, M, Lahesmaa, R, Leirisalo-Repo, M, Lehtinen, K, Toivanen, P,

Granfors, K, Antibodies to Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and

Proteus mirabilis in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Effect of Sulfasalazine

Treatment, Journal of Rheumatology, 1994, 21:11, 2082-2087.

Tiwana, H, Walmsley, RS, , C, Yiannakou, JY, Ciclitira, PJ,

Wakefield, AJ, Ebringer, A, Characterization of the Humoral Immune

Response to Klebsiella Species in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and

Ankylosing Spondylitis, British Journal of Rheumatology, 1998, 37:5,

525-531.

Bacterias & Viruses Causing Scleroderma

Over, KE, Bucknall, RC, Letters to the Editor: Regression of Skin

Changes in a Patient with Systemic Sclerosis Following Treatment for

Bacterial Overgrowth with Ciprofloxacin, British Journal of

Rheumatology, 1998, 37:6, 696.

Last Revised: August 1998

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