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Journal Articles Pertinent to Using Antibiotics For Rheumatic Disease
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Controlled Clinical Trials
Effects of clarithromycin in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis, Curr Med Res Opin. 2007 Mar;23(3):515-22
Levofloxacin treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving methotrexate, M Ogrendik, South Med J. 2007 Feb;100(2):135-9.
Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with ornidazole: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, M Ogrendik, Rheumatol Int. 2006 Oct;26(12):1132-7. Epub 2006 Jun 13
Single-blind randomized trial of combination antibiotic therapy in rheumatoid arthritis, Gompels LL, Smith A, Charles PJ, Rogers W, Soon-Shiong J, Mitchell A, Dore C, Taylor PW, Mackworth-Young CG. J Rheumatol. 2006 Feb;33(2):224-7. Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Charing Cross Hospital, London, England.
Single-blind randomized trial of combination antibiotic therapy in rheumatoid arthritis. Gompels LL, Smith A, Charles PJ , Rogers W, Soon-Shiong J, Mitchell A, Dore C, Taylor PW, Mackworth-Young CG, J Rheumatol. 2006 Feb:33(2)224-7
Treatment of early seropositive rheumatoid arthritis: Doxycycline plus methotrexate versus methotrexate alone. O'dell JR, Elliott JR, Mallek JA, Mikuls TR, Weaver CA, Glickstein S, Blakely KM, Hausch R, Leff RD, , Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Feb;54(2):621-7. University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
Treatment of early seropositive rheumatoid arthritis: a two-year, double-blind comparison of minocycline and hydroxychloroquine. O'Dell JR, Blakely KW, Mallek JA, Eckhoff PJ, Leff RD, Wees SJ, Sems KM, Fernandez AM, Palmer WR, Klassen LW, Paulsen GA, Haire CE, Moore GF - Arthritis & Rheumatism 2001 Oct;44(10):2235-41
Successful Treatment of Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) with Minocycline: Results of a Double-Blind Trial, J O'Dell, C Haire, N Erickson, W Palmer, M Churchill, W Drymalski, K Blakely, S Wees, J Eckhoff, D Doud, A Weaver, F Dietz, R Olson, L Klassen, G Moore, Arth & Rheum, 1995, 40:5, 842-848.
Minocycline Therapy for Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA): Continued Efficacy at Three Years, J O'Dell, C Haire, N Erickson, W Palmer, M Churchill, W Drymalski, K Blakely, S Wees, J Eckhoff, D Doud, A Weaver, F Dietz, R Olson, L Klassen, G Moore, (abstract) 61st annual meeting of the ACR, 1997.
Minocycline in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A 48-Week, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial, BC Tilley, GS Alarcon, SP Heyse, DE Trentham, R Neuner, DA Kaplan, DO Clegg, JCC Leisen, L Buckley, SM Cooper, H Duncan. SP Pillemer, M Tuttleman, SE Fowler, Ann Int Med, 1995,122:2, 81-89.
Minocycline in Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study, M Kloppenburg, FC Breedveld, JPh Terweil, C Mallee, BAC Dijkmans, H Mattie, Arth & Rheum, 1994; 37-5, 629-636.
Treatment of Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis with Minocycline, Four-Year Followup of a Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial, JR O'Dell, G Paulsen, CE Haire, K Blakely, W Palmer, S Wees, PJ Eckhoff, LW Klassen, M Churchill, D Doud, A Weaver, GF Moore, Arth & Rhu, 1999, 42:8, 1691-1695
Other Clinical Trials
Clarithromycin in rheumatioid arthritis patients not responsive to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: an open, uncontrolled pilot study. Saviola G, Abdi Ali L, Rossini P, Campostrini L, Coppini A, Gori , Ianaro A, Bucci M, de Nucci G, Cirino G [Italy]: Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2002 May-Jun;20(3):373-8
Treatment of DMARDs-Resistant Rheumatoid Arthritis with Minocycline - A Local Experience Among The Chinese, Lai Ling-Sheng, (abstract) 5th Asean Congress of Rheumatology, Manilla, January 1998.
Minocycline Treatment for Rheuma-toid Arthritis: An Open Dose Finding Study, FC Breedveld, BAC Dijkmans, H Mattie, J Rheum, 1990; 17:1, 43-46.
Antibiotic Therapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 98 Patients with 451 Paitent-Years of Follow-up, TM Brown, MC Hochberg, JT Hicks, HW Clark, (abstract) Intnat'l Cong of Rheum, S8:5, 1985.
Treatment of Resistant Rheumatoid Arthritis with Minocycline: An Open Study, P Langevitz, I Bank, D Zemer, M Book, M Pras, J Rheum, 1992; 19:10, 1502-1504.
Antibiotic Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis, DE Trentham, RA Dynesius-Trentham, Rheum Dis Clin N Am, 1995; 21:3, 817-834.
Relationship between rheumatoid arthritis and Mycoplasma pneumoniae: a case-control study. Ramirez AS, Rosas A, Hernandez-Beriain JA, Orengo JC, Saavedra P, de la Fe C, Fernandez A, Poveda JB. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2005 Apr 21;
Editorial/Review Articles
Should tetracycline treatment be used more extensively for rheumatoid arthritis? Metaanalysis demonstrates clinical benefit with reduction in disease activity. Stone M, Fortin PR, Pacheco-Tina C, Inman RD. J Rheumatol.2003 Oct:30(10):2112-22.
Benefits and risks of minocycline in rheumatoid arthritis. Langevitz P, Livneh A, Bank I, Pras M: Rheumatic Disease Unit, Chaim Sheba Medical Center Tel Hashomer, Israel Drug Saf 2000 May; 22(5):405-14
Minocycline for The Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis, GS Alarcon, Rhu Dis Cl N Am, 1998; 24:3, 489-499.
Minocycline in Rheumatoid Arthritis, P Langevitz, A Livneh, I Bank, M Pras, Isr J Med Sci, 1996, 32, 327-330.
Minocycline in Rheumatoid Arthritis, FC Breedveld, (editorial) Arth & Rheum, 1995, 40:5, 794-796.
Minocycline Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis, HE Paulus, (editorial) Ann Int Med, 1995, 122:2, 147-148.
Antibiotics as Disease Modifiers in Arthritis, M Kloppemburg, AMM Miltenburg, BAC Dijkmans, Clin Exper Rheum II, 1993, (Suppl 8), S113-S115.
Is Rheumatoid Arthritis Caused by an Infection? JRJ McKendry, Lancet, l995; May 27, 345, 1319-1320.
Rheumatoid Arthritis: How Well Do the Theories Fit the Evidence? J McCulloch, PM Lydyard, GAW Rook, Clin Exp Immunol, 1993, 92,
Pathogenesis
Mycobacterium marinum arthritis mimicking rheumatoid arthritis. Lam A, Toma W, Schlesinger N, J Rheumatol. 2006 Apr;33(4):817-9.
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease triggered by Proteus urinary tract infection. Ebringer A, Rashid T, Clin Dev Immunol. 2006 Mar;13(1):41-8. School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Kings College London, London, UK.
Serum antibodies to oral anaerobic bacteria in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, M Ogrendik, S, Kokino, F Ozdemir, PS Bird, S Hamlet, MedGenMed. 2005 Jun 16;7(2):2.
Chlamydial infection preceding the development of rheumatoid arthritis: a brief report. Jolly M, Curran JJClin Rheumatol. 2004 Oct;23(5):453-5. Epub 2004 Jun 12.
Mycoplasma infection induces a scleroderma-like centrosome autoantibody response in mice. Gavanescu I, Pihan G, Halilovic E, Szomolanyi-Tsuda E, Welsh RM, Doxsey S. Clin Exp Immunol. 2004 Aug;137(2):288-97.
Molecular diagnostic of Mycoplasma fermentans in arthritic patients [in Spanish]. Rivera-Tapia JA, Gac Med Mex. 2003 Jan-Feb;139(1):85-6.
:Mycoplasma blood infection in chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia syndrome. Endresen GK, Dept. of Rheumatology, The National Hospital, University of Oslo, Forskningsvn. 2-Block B, 0027, Oslo NorwayBB Rheumatology Int.B 2003 Jul 16.
Chromosomal DNA from a variety of bacterial species is present in synovial tissue from patients with various forms of arthritis. Gerard HC, Wang Z, Wang GF, El-Gabalawy H, Goldbach-Mansky R, Li Y, Majeed W, Zhang H, Ngai N, Hudson AP, Schumacher HR Arthritis Rheum. 2001 Jul;44(7):1689-97.
Infectious agents in chronic rheumatic diseases. Hyrich, Kimme L. MD, FRCPC; Inman, Robert D. MD, FRCPC, FACP Current Opinion in Rheumatology. 13(4):300-304, July 2001. Hyrich, Kimme L. MD, FRCPC; Inman, Robert D. MD, FRCPC, FACP
Chromosomal DNA from a variety of bacterial species is present in synovial tissue from patients with various forms of arthritis. Gerard HC, Wang Z, Wang GF, El-Gabalawy H, Goldbach-Mansky R, Li Y, Majeed W, Zhang H, Ngai N, Hudson AP, Schumacher HRArthritis Rheum. 2001 Jul;44(7):1689-97.
Mycoplasma fermentans in rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory arthritides. Horowitz S, Evinson B, Borer H, Horowitz J: J Rheumatology 2000 Dec; 27(12):2747-53
Oral antibiotics as a novel therapy for arthritis: evidence for a beneficial effect of intestinal Escherichia coli. Nieuwenhuiss EE, Visser MR, Kavelaars A, Cobelens PM, Fleer A, Harmsen W, Verhoef J, Akkermans LM, Heljnen CJ, Arthritis Rheum, 2000 Nov:43(11):2583-9
Detection of mycoplasmal infections in blood of patients with rheumatoid arthritis Haier J, Nasralla m, Franco AR, Nicolson GL, Rheumatology (Oxford), 1999 Jun:38(6):504-9
Systematic Detection of Mycoplasmas by Culture and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Procedures in 209 Synovial Fluid Samples, T Schaever-beke, H Renaudin, M Clerc, L LeQuen, JP Vernhes, B DeBarbeyrac, B Bannwarth, Ch Bebear, J Dehais, Br J Rheum, 1997; 36:3, 310-314.
Mycoplsasmas in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Human Arthritides, D Taylor-Robinson, T Schaeverbeke, J Clin Pathol, 1996; 49: 718-782.
Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis, K Sewell, D Trentham, Lancet, 1993, 341: Jan 30, 283-286.
A Reappraisal of the Evidence that Rheumatoid Arthritis and Several Other Ideopathic Diseases Are Slow Bacterial Infections, GAW Rook, PM Lydyard, JL Stanford, Ann of the Rheum Dis, 1993; 52, S30-S38.
The Microbial Cause of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Time to Dump Koch's Postulates, P Tan, M Skinner, J Rheum, 1992; 19:8, 1170-1172.
Hit and Run or Permanent Hit? Is There Evidence for a Microbial Cause of Rheumatoid Arthritis? GR Burmester, W Solbach, J Rheum, 1992; 18:10, 1443-1447.
Mycoplasmas and Arthritis, K Hakkarainen et al, Ann Rheum Dis, 1992; 51, 1170-1172.
The Microbial Causes of Rheumatoid Arthritis, D Ford, J Rheum, 1991; 18:10, 1441-1442.
Progress in Understanding of Inducible Models of Chronic Arthritis, FC Breedveld, DE Trenthams, Rheum Dis Cl of N Am, 1987; 13:3, 531-544.
Mycoplasmas and Bacteria in Synovial Fluid from Patients with Arthritis, PA Mardh, FJ Nilsson, A Bjelle, Ann Rheu Dis, 1973; 32, 319-325.Compiled by The Road Back Foundation Updated December 9, 1999
An 8-Year Study on Mycoplasma in Rheumatoid Arthritis, E Jansson, P Makisara, K Vainio, U Vainio, O Snellman, Sirkka Tuuri, Ann Rheu, Dis, 1971; 30, 506-508.
Possible Role of Mycoplasma fermentans in Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis, MH Williams,. J Bristoff, IM Roitt, Lancet, 1970; Aug. 8, 277-280.
Other
Meaningful Improvement Criteria Sets in A Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trial, SR Pillemer, SE Fowler, BC Tilley, GS Alarcon, SP Heyse, DE Trentham, R Neuner, DO Clegg, JC Leisen, SM Cooper, H Duncan, M Tuttleman, Arth & Rheum, 1997, 40:3, 419-425.
Anti-MAM antibodies in rheumatic disease: evidence for a MAM-like superantigen in rheumatoid arthritis? Sawitzke A, Joyner D, Knudtson K, Mu HH, Cole B. J Rheumatol. 2000 Feb;27(2):358-64.
Minocycline in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Relationship of Serum Concentrations to Efficacy, M Kloppenburg, H Mattie, N Douwes, BAC Dijkmans, FC Breedveld, J Rhu, 1995; 22:4, 611-616.
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
The significance of Ureaplasma urealyticum as a pathogenic agent in the paediatric population, Pinna GS, Skevaki CL, Kafetzin DA, Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2006 Jun;19(3):283-289. Department of Microbiology, Evagelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece Second Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens, Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Epidemiology of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis in Manitoba, Canada, 1975-92; Cycles in Incidence, (of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and JRA), K Oen, M Fast, B Postl, J Rheum, 1995; 22:4, 745-750.
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Inflammatory Eye Disease, Parasitization of Ocular Leukpcytes by Mollecute-Like Organisms, E Wirostko, L Johnson, W Wirostko, J Rheum, 1989; 16:11, 1446-1453.
Scleroderma
Minocycline in Early Diffuse Scleroderma, Christine Le, Alejandro Morales, David E. Trentham, Lancet, 1998; 352:9142, 1755-1756.
Outcome Measurement in Scleroderma Clinical Trials, JE Pope, N Bellamy, Sem in Arth & Rheum, 1993; 23:1, 22-23.
Photopheresis for Scleroderma? No! JF Fries, JR Seibold, TA Medsger, Jr, J Rheum, 1992; 19:7, 1011-1013.
Histologic Forms Resembling "Large Bodies" in Scleroderma and Pseudoscleroderma, AR Cantwell, Jr., Am J Derm, 1980, 2:3, 273-276.
Acid-Fast Bacteria in Scleroderma and Morphea, AR Cantwell, Jr., DW Kelso, Arch of Derm, 1971, 104:7, 21-25.
Acid-Fast Bacteria as a Possible Cause of Scleroderma, AR Cantwell, Jr. E Craggs, JW Wilson, F Swatek, Dermatologica, 1968; 136, 141-150.
Etiology of Scleroderma: A Preliminary Clinical Report, V Wuerthele-Caspe, E Brodkin, C Mermod, J Med Soc NY, 1947, 42:52, 256-259.
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