REITER'S DISEASE: A REPORT OF TWO CASES
Authors: John Russell Twiss, Albert H. R. Douglas
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Article1 June 1946REITER'S DISEASE: A REPORT OF TWO CASESJOHN RUSSELL TWISS, M.D., F.A.C.P., ALBERT H. R. DOUGLAS, M.D., F.A.C.P.JOHN RUSSELL TWISS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, ALBERT H. R. DOUGLAS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-24-6-1043 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptReiter's disease may be defined as a syndrome of unknown etiology, characterized by urethritis, conjunctivitis, and arthritis, with a tendency to recurrence.1Two cases of this disease were encountered by the authors during the past year. They are being reported in this paper because they demonstrate certain features not previously described, because the literature on the subject is scant, and because many of our colleagues have shown themselves to be unaware of the existence of this syndrome, which may be readily confused with gonorrhea, rheumatic fever, the common type of infectious arthritis, and various local disorders of the genito-urinary tract,...Bibliography1. REITER Ha. : Über eine bisher unerkannte Spirochaetinfektion (Spirochaetosis arthritica), Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1916, xlii, 1535. b. USSEGLIO, G. ZANOAN B.: Il morbo di Reiter, Arch. per le Sci. Med., 1940, lxix, 79-100. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. BAUERENGLEMAN WEP: A syndrome of unknown etiology characterized by urethritis, conjunctivitis and arthritis (so-called Reiter's disease), Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., 1942, lvii, 307. Google Scholar3. COLBY FH: Renal complications of Reiter's disease, Jr. Urol., 1944, lii, 415. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. LEVERCRAWFORD WFGM: Keratosis blennorrhagica without gonorrhea (Reiter's disease?), Arch. Dermat. and Syph., 1944, xlix, 389. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. ROSENBLUM HH: So-called Reiter's disease, U. S. Nav. Med. Bull., 1945, xliv, 375. Google Scholar6. POSTMA C: A case of Reiter's disease, Acta dermat. venereol., 1937, xviii, 691-695. Google Scholar7. BALDAN W: Zur Kenntnis der sog. Spirochaetosis arthritica (Reiter), Dermat. Ztschr., 1934, lxviii, 305-310. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. BEIGLBOCK W: Zur Behandlung der Reiterschen Krankheit (Ruhrrheumatismus), Deutsche med. Wchnschr., 1943, lix, 803-805. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. KUSKE H: Über die Hauterscheinungen bei Morbus Reiter, Arch. f. Dermat. u. Syph., 1939, clxxix, 58-73. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication October 5, 1945.The opinions in this article are the private ones of the writers and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the Navy Department or the service at large. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byConjunctivo-urethro-synoviales Syndrom (Reiter-Syndrom)Reiter's Syndrome — a Report on Four WomenReiter’s SyndromeMicrobiological Studies of Reiter'S DiseaseMorbus ReiterCARDIAC INVOLVEMENT IN REITER'S DISEASE: REPORT OF A CASE WITH REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE*LEO T. NEU JR., M.D., RICHARD A. REIDER, M.D., ROBERT E. MACK, M.D.Bacteriological and Biochemical Investigations in Reiter's SyndromeRadiological changes in reiter's syndrome and arthritis associated with urethritisReiter's Syndrome with Biopsy from Recurrent GlossitisKeratodermia BlennorrhagicaRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (TENTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IIWILLIAM D. ROBINSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD W. BOLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., WALLACE GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), L. MAXWELL LOCKIE, M.D., F.A.C.P., MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES RAGAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D.Natural History of Arthritis Following Venereal UrethritisBalanitis circinata bei Reiterscher KrankheitReiter's syndromeReiter’s Syndrome and Focal InfectionREFERENCE 1 June 1946Volume 24, Issue 6Page: 1043-1051KeywordsArthritisConjunctivitisEtiologyGonorrheaReactive arthritisRheumatic fever ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...