Association of Chlamydophila pneumoniae Infection With Symptomatic Erosive Osteoarthritis of the Hand

MeSH terms

• Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
• Chlamydophila Infections* / diagnosis
• Chlamydophila Infections* / drug therapy
• Chlamydophila Infections* / physiopathology
• Chlamydophila pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
• Doxycycline / therapeutic use*
• Female
• Hand Joints* / diagnostic imaging
• Hand Joints* / pathology
• Humans
• Inflammasomes / immunology
• Interleukin-1beta / blood
• Male
• Middle Aged
• NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein / blood
• Osteoarthritis* / diagnosis
• Osteoarthritis* / physiopathology
• Pain Measurement / methods
• Peptide Fragments / blood
• Retrospective Studies
• Serologic Tests / methods