Disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI) is a commonly diagnosed illness at major urban
medical centers. At our medical center, DGI is the most common cause of newly diagnosed …

ContextThe optimal management of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is unclear and
comprehensive evidence-based guidelines have not been reported.ObjectiveTo provide up-to-date …

SEMINAR series, Staphylococcus aureus was the primary cause of bacterial arthritis in 40%
of cases from England and Wales, 7 56% of cases from France, 6 and 37% of cases from …

To develop criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia, we studied 558 consecutive patients:
293 patients with fibromyalgia and 265 control patients. Interviews and examinations were …

Objective To develop simple, practical criteria for clinical diagnosis of fibromyalgia that are
suitable for use in primary and specialty care and that do not require a tender point …

Objectives The provisional criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2010
and the 2011 self-report modification for survey and clinical research are widely used for …

Objective. To develop a fibromyalgia (FM) survey questionnaire for epidemiologic and clinical
studies using a modification of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology Preliminary …

purpose: Patients with fibromyalgia have been reported to display high rates of several
concomitant medical and psychiatric disorders, including migraine, irritable bowel syndrome, …

… Address reprint requests to Don L. Goldenberg, MD, Arthritis Center, K5, Boston University
School of Medicine, 71 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118. Submitted for publication …

Fibromyalgia is a chronic illness characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance,
and resistance to treatment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of …