Chlamydia trachomatis as an aetiological agent in seropositive rheumatoid arthritis

ABSTRACT

The sera of 50 patients with rheumatoid arthritis [RA] diagnosed clinically and laboratory by positive latex test for rheumatoid factor were further subjected to Rose Waaler test to confirm the diagnosis. Using ELISA technique IgG antibodies against Chlamydia trachomatis, [CT] were not detected in the positive Rose Waaler samples [42 samples]. It was concluded that CT most probably is not involved in the etiology of seropositive RA in Egypt