A SYNDROME TERMED REITER'S DISEASE (URETHRITIS, CONJUNCTIVITIS AND ARTHRITIS)
Authors: C. Dudley Miller, Donald W. Mcintyre
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1945)

Case Reports1 October 1945A SYNDROME TERMED REITER'S DISEASE (URETHRITIS, CONJUNCTIVITIS AND ARTHRITIS)C. DUDLEY MILLER, M.D., DONALD W. MCINTYRE, M.D.C. DUDLEY MILLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DONALD W. MCINTYRE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-23-4-673 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough in the older German literature there were several cases suggestive of "Reiter's disease," it was not recognized as a clinical entity until 1916 when Reiter1 described a clinical picture of urethritis, conjunctivitis, and arthritis which was non-gonorrheal in nature; therefore, credit must be given him for being the first one to recognize this "disease" and its symptomatology.During World War I, Reiter observed the syndrome in a young officer who had become suddenly ill with abdominal pains and diarrhea which showed a slight admixture of blood. Two days after the onset a purulent urethral discharge developed, accompanied by a...Bibliography1. REITER H: Über eine bisher unerkannte Spirochaetinfektion (Spirochaetosis arthritica), Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1916, xlii, 1535. 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. ROPES MW: Personal communication to the author, 1944. Google Scholar4. LEVERCRAWFORD WFGM: Keratosis blennorrhagica without gonorrhea (Reiter's disease?), Arch. Dermat. and Syph., 1944, il, 389. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. KUSKE H: Über die Hauterscheinungen bei Morbus Reiter, Arch. f. Dermat. u. Syph., 1939, clxxix, 58. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. KUMER H: Diskussionsbekemerkung zur Reiterschen Erkrankung, Wien. klin. Wchnschr., 1934, xlvii, 1245. Google Scholar7. NAEGELI H: Reitersche Erkrankung, Sweiz. med. Wchnschr., 1938, lxviii, 794. Google Scholar8. WIEDMAN H: Reitersche Erkrankung, Wien. klin. Wchnschr., 1934, xlvii, 1245. Google Scholar9. KRUSPE S: Zur Aetiologie der Reiterschen Erkrankung, Dermat. Wchnschr., 1938, cxii, 457. Google Scholar10. PFLEGER R: Zur Aetiologie der Reiterschen Erkrankung, Med. Klin., 1937, xxxiii, 465. Google Scholar11. BAUERENGLEMAN WEP: op. cit., 312. Google Scholar12. BEIGIBÖCK W: Über die Behandlungen der Reiterschen Erkrankung, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1943, lxix, 803. Google Scholar13. IBID., 803. Google Scholar14. OP. CIT., 312. Google Scholar15. COLBY FH: Renal complications of Reiter's disease, Jr. Urol., 1944, lii, 415. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. SOMMER A: Drei wahrscheinlich als "Spirochaetosis arthritica" (Reiter) anzusprechende Krankheitsfälle, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1918, xliv, 403. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. BEIGIBÖCK W: op. cit., 803. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication February 22, 1945.Permission for publication given by The Surgeon General, U. S. Public Health Service. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byConjunctivo-urethro-synoviales Syndrom (Reiter-Syndrom)Reiter’s SyndromeDie sog. abakteriellen Pyurien mit besonderer Berücksichsigung der sog. abakteriellen Pyelitis der Söderlundschen Krankheitsgruppe (Söderlundsche Krankheit)Morbus ReiterBacteriological and Biochemical Investigations in Reiter's SyndromeACTH in Reiter's syndromeBalanitis circinata bei Reiterscher KrankheitAbacterial Pyuria, Acute and Chronic: Its Progress and TreatmentReiter'S DiseaseAbacterial Pyuria: Possible Relationship to Reiter’s SyndromeArthritis, conjunctivitis, and urethritis (so-called reiter's syndrome) in a four-year-old boyReiter's syndromeReiter’s Syndrome and Focal InfectionREFERENCEAcute Exudative Cystitis of Undetermined EtiologyThe Diagnosis and Treatment of Reiter'S Syndrome 1 October 1945Volume 23, Issue 4Page: 673-682KeywordsAbdominal painArthritisBloodConjunctivitisDiarrheaMedical servicesReactive arthritisSurgeons ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1945 PDF downloadLoading ...