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New Survey Reveals Common, Low-Cost Antibiotic Therapy May Have Considerable Benefits for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Foundation (2006) Harris Interactive
http://www.roadback.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/aboutrbf.display/display_id/360.htmlThe Road Back
Relationship between rheumatoid arthritis and Mycoplasma pneumoniae: a case–control study
Ramírez, A. S., Rosas, A., Hernández-Beriain, J. A., Orengo, J. C., Saavedra, P., de la Fe, C., Fernández, A., Poveda, J. B. (2005) Rheumatology, 44(7), 912-914
Should tetracycline treatment be used more extensively for rheumatoid arthritis? Meta-analysis demonstrates clinical benefit with reduction in disease activity.
Stone, M., et al. (2003) Journal of Rheumatology
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14528503&dopt=Abstract
Treatment of early seropositive rheumatoid arthritis: A two-year, double-blind comparison of minocycline and hydroxychloroquine.
O'Dell, J. R., et al (2001) Arthritis & Rheumatism.
How can a causal role for small bacteria in chronic inflammatory arthritides be established or refuted?
Taylor-Robinson, D. & Keat, A. (2001) Annuls of Rheumatological Disease 60, 177-185.
http://ard.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/60/3/177?ijkey=a9c6ead7d004c92e87210d567f15fd2916669033&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha
The prevalence of Mycoplasma fermentans in patients with inflammatory arthritides
Gilroy, D. B., Keat, A. & Taylor-Robinson, D. (2001) Rheumatology, 40, 1355-1358.
http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/40/12/1355
Identification of Mycoplasma fermentans in Synovial Fluid Samples from Arthritis Patients with Inflammatory Disease
Johnson, S., Sidebottom, D., Bruckner, F. & Collins, D. (2000) Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 39(1), 90-93.
http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/38/1/90?ijkey=3e4d49363ba1070a9b77721d331e8a28fa5c5125&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha
Benefits and risks of minocycline in rheumatoid arthritis.
Langevitz, P (2000)
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/adis/dsf/2000/00000022/00000005/art00007
Physicians protocol for using antibiotics in rheumatic disease
Mercola, J. M. (1999)
http://www.rheumatic.org/protocol.htm
Treatment of early seropositive rheumatoid arthritis with minocycline: four-year follow up of a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
O'Dell, J. R. et al. (1999) Arthritis and Rheumatism.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=10446869
Minocycline in rheumatoid arthritis: A 48 week, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Tilley, B. C., et al. (1995) Annals of Internal Medicine
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/122/2/81
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