The Isolation of a Filterable Agent Pathogenic for Mice from a Case of Reiter’s Disease

Abstract

From a case of Reiter''s disease, discharge was procured from the urethra as well as from the conjunctiva. The materials were inoculated into 12 embryonated eggs. Following incubation for 48 hrs. the allantoic fluid was aspirated and passed through a Seitz EK filter. The filtrate was injd. intraperit. into mice, which developed conjunctivitis.