1. [Frequency of different infectious agents persistence in mononuclear leukocytes of blood and synovial fluid in patients with rheumatoid arthritis].
- Author
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Petrov AV
- Subjects
- Antibodies, Bacterial analysis, Antigens, Bacterial analysis, Antigens, Viral analysis, Chlamydia trachomatis immunology, Chlamydia trachomatis isolation & purification, Cytomegalovirus immunology, Cytomegalovirus isolation & purification, DNA, Bacterial analysis, DNA, Viral analysis, Female, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect, Hepacivirus immunology, Hepacivirus isolation & purification, Hepatitis B virus immunology, Hepatitis B virus isolation & purification, Herpes Simplex classification, Herpes Simplex immunology, Herpesvirus 4, Human immunology, Herpesvirus 4, Human isolation & purification, Humans, Infections complications, Infections virology, Leukocytes, Mononuclear immunology, Leukocytes, Mononuclear virology, Male, Mycoplasma arthritidis immunology, Mycoplasma arthritidis isolation & purification, Mycoplasma fermentans immunology, Mycoplasma fermentans isolation & purification, Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Viral analysis, Retrospective Studies, Synovial Fluid immunology, Synovial Fluid virology, Ukraine epidemiology, Ureaplasma urealyticum immunology, Ureaplasma urealyticum isolation & purification, Arthritis, Rheumatoid blood, Infections microbiology, Leukocytes, Mononuclear microbiology, Synovial Fluid microbiology
- Abstract
The study of persistence in mononuclear leukocytes (ML) of blood and synovial fluid of 218 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) Cytornegalovirus (CMV), the 1-st and 2-nd types of Herpes virus simplex (VH), Epstain-Barr virus (VEB), Mycoplasma arthritidis (Ma), Mycoplasma fermentans (Mf), Ureaplasma urealiticum (U), Chlamidia trachomatis (Ct), viruses of Hepatitis B and C was carry out by direct and indirect immunofruorescence, immunoenzymatic analysis and polymerase chain reaction. An increased frequency of contamination of blood ML with infectious agents in patients with RA was established (57,4% compared with 16,7% in control group). The following infectious agents were revieled more frequently: in ML of blood and synovial fluid the Ma (relatively 20,5% and 15,9%), Mf (15,6% and 13,2%), Ct (18,4% and 13,2%), VH (27,1% and 10,5%), VEB (12,7% and 5,3%) and CMV (11,2% and 7,9%). Types of frequency dynamics of ML contamination with these infectious agents in different time phases of RA were determined.
- Published
- 2005