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A case of gonococcal polyarthritis in a 19-year old woman was rheumatoid factor positive on presentation. Titres of rheumatoid factor declined to normal as her arthritis resolved with treatment. A positive rheumatoid factor test in a person with possible gonococcal polyarthritis should therefore be disregarded until an infective aetiology has been ruled out.
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Rajapakse, C.N.A., Swinson, D.R. Rheumatoid factor production in response to gonococcal polyarthritis and tenosynovitis. Clin Rheumatol 3, 259–261 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02030767
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02030767