1. Brit;Collins, A.J.; Ring, E.F.J.;J. Pharmacol,1972
2. Jayson, M. I. V., and Barks, J. S. (1971) Brit. med. J., 2, 555
3. Marks, J., Birkett, D. A., and Shuster, S. (1972) Ibid., 1, 782 McCarty, D. J., Polcyn, R. E., Collins, P. A., and Gottschalk, A. (1970)
4. This communication describes attempts to isolate mycoplasmas from the joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Reports of culture isolations have included different strains of mycoplasmas;Wager,1965
5. samples of synovial fluids and nine membranes were obtained from patients with rheumatoid disease (including those with arthritis of recent onset) and with other conditions causing joint effusions. The samples were investigated for the possible presence of mycoplasmas: Discussion DR. D. TAYLOR-ROBINSON (London) What I have to say confirms what has just been said. I shall briefly summarize about 7 years' work; my colleagues and I have been looking for mycoplasmas in joints since 1965. We started in Salisbury obtaining specimens from a variety of places and after moving to Northwick Park Hospital in