OTHER RA STUDIES -

Gompels LL, Smith A, Charles PJ , Rogers W, Soon-Shiong J, Mitchell A, Dore C, Taylor PW, Mackworth-Young CG, Single-blind randomized trial of combination antibiotic therapy in rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2006 Feb:33(2)224-7

O'dell JR, Elliott JR, Mallek JA, Mikuls TR, Weaver CA, Glickstein S, Blakely KM, Hausch R, Leff RD, Treatment of early seropositive rheumatoid arthritis: Doxycycline plus methotrexate versus methotrexate alone, Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Feb;54(2):621-7. University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.

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

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.

Chlamydial infection preceding the development of rheumatoid arthritis: a brief report.Jolly M, Curran JJ.Clin Rheumatol. 2004 Oct;23(5):453-5. Epub 2004 Jun 12.

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.

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.

Antibiotic Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis, DE Trentham, RA Dynesius-Trentham, Rheum Dis Clin N Am, 1995; 21:3, 817-834.

Is Rheumatoid Arthritis Caused by an Infection? JRJ McKendry, Lancet, l995; May 27, 345, 1319-1320.

Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis, K Sewell, D Trentham, Lancet, 1993, 341: Jan 30, 283-286.

Rheumatoid Arthritis: How Well Do the Theories Fit the Evidence? J McCulloch, PM Lydyard, GAW Rook, Clin Exp Immunol, 1993, 92, 1-6.

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

Pertinent Journal Articles Pertinent to Using Antibiotic for Rheumatic Disease

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.