IG-A ANTIBODIES TO KLEBSIELLA IN ANKYLOSING-SPONDYLITIS

In this study anti-klebsiella Ig A values were compared in 40 patients with definite diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis and a control group of 40 healthy subjects, Anti-Klebsiella Ig A antibody values were sig nificantly higher in patients with ankylosing spondylitis as compared to the control group (p < 0.001), Correlation between these antibodies and erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP, serum Ig A, HLA B 27, age, s ex and disease duration was searched, but no correlation was found, In our opinion, these results support the suggestion that inflammatory r esponse in ankylosing spondylitis is triggered by Klebsiella but is in sufficient to prove the causal relationship between ankylosing spondyl itis and Klebsiella.