Reiter's syndrome

Reiter's syndrome
Rei·ter's syndrome 'rīt-ərz- n a disease that is usu. initiated by infection in genetically predisposed individuals and is characterized usu. by recurrence of arthritis, conjunctivitis, and urethritis called also Reiter's disease
Reiter Hans Conrad Julius (1881-1969)
German bacteriologist. Reiter had a career both as a professor of hygiene at several German universities and as a government public health official. While serving with the German forces during World War I, he discovered the causative organism of Weil's disease. During the war he treated his first patient suffering from a disease marked by urethritis, conjunctivitis, and arthritis. This disease is now known as Reiter's syndrome. He published reports of his field hospital discoveries in 1916. He identified, named, and investigated the spirochete of the genus Treponema (T. pallidum) that causes syphilis in humans, and his discovery of a specific antigen for it led to his development of a complement-fixation test for syphilis. He also described the entoptic symptoms of digitalis intoxication and wrote an important monograph on the use of vaccines.

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a condition characterized by inflammation of the urethra (see urethritis), conjunctivitis, and polyarthritis, usually affecting young men. Horny areas may develop on the skin. No causative agent has been positively identified, although a virus may be implicated.
H. Reiter (1881-1969), German physician

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