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We used a modified, nested PCR to detect the presence of <jats:italic>N gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic> DNA in 41 samples of SF obtained from 10 patients with clinical gonococcal arthritis whose SF samples were sterile by culture and from 27 controls, including 11 patients with Reiter's syndrome. Results obtained using this method were compared with those obtained using the GEN\u2010PROBE system, an RNA\u2013DNA hybridization technique.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. With nested PCR, <jats:italic>N gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic> DNA was detected in 11 of 14 SF samples obtained from patients with culture\u2010negative clinical gonococcal arthritis but in none of the 11 SF samples from Reiter's syndrome patients. The specificity of this technique was 96.4%, with a sensitivity of 78.6%. The rate of false\u2010positive results was 3.6%. 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