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Infectious Arthritis
Also called: Septic arthritis
Most kinds of arthritis cause pain and swelling in your joints. Joints are places where two bones meet, such as your elbow or knee. Infectious arthritis is an infection in the joint. The infection comes from a bacterial, viral, or fungal infection that spreads from another part of the body. Besides the usual arthritis symptoms, it can cause chills and fever.
One type of infectious arthritis is reactive arthritis. It is inflammation of a joint in reaction to an infection somewhere else in your body. The joint is usually the knee, ankle, or toe. The infection that causes reactive arthritis is often in the bladder, urethra (urine tube), or for women, in the vagina. Sexually transmitted or food-borne bacteria can cause reactive arthritis.
To diagnose infectious arthritis, your health care provider may do tests of your blood, urine, and joint fluid. Treatment includes medicines and sometimes surgery.
One type of infectious arthritis is reactive arthritis. It is inflammation of a joint in reaction to an infection somewhere else in your body. The joint is usually the knee, ankle, or toe. The infection that causes reactive arthritis is often in the bladder, urethra (urine tube), or for women, in the vagina. Sexually transmitted or food-borne bacteria can cause reactive arthritis.
To diagnose infectious arthritis, your health care provider may do tests of your blood, urine, and joint fluid. Treatment includes medicines and sometimes surgery.
MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA
National Institutes of Health
- The primary NIH organization for research on Infectious Arthritis is the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
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Start Here
- Joint Infection (Beyond the Basics)(UpToDate)
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Overviews
- Infections (Orthopedic)(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Infectious Arthritis(InteliHealth, Harvard Medical School)
- Septic Arthritis(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Blood Culture Test(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Bone X-Ray (Radiography)(American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- Also available in Spanish
- C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Test(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Complete Blood Count(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- HLA-B27(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- MRI of the Musculoskeletal System(American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- Also available in Spanish
- Reactive Arthritis Diagnosis(Spondylitis Association of America)
- Synovial Fluid Analysis(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
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Treatment
- Joint Injection/Aspiration(American College of Rheumatology)
- NSAIDs(Consumers Union of U.S.)
- Also available in Spanish
- Reactive Arthritis Treatment(Spondylitis Association of America)
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Specific Conditions
- HCV and Rheumatic Disease(American College of Rheumatology)
- Reactive Arthritis(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Reactive Arthritis(National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
- What Is Reactive Arthritis?(National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
- Also available in Spanish
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Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Arthritis, Infectious(National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Arthritis, Reactive(National Institutes of Health)
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Journal Articles
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)- Article: Septic arthritis of the paediatric hip - A review of...
- Article: Chlamydia trachomatis is present and metabolically active during the remitting...
- Article: Reactive arthritis in India: a dermatologists' perspective.
- Article: Incidence of knee sepsis after ACL reconstruction at one institution:...
- Infectious Arthritis -- see more articles
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Directories
- Arthritis Foundation: Local Office Directory(Arthritis Foundation)
- Geographic Membership Directory(American College of Rheumatology)
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Organizations
- American College of Rheumatology
- Arthritis Foundation
- Also available in Spanish
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- Also available in Spanish
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Children
- Joint Aspiration (Arthrocentesis)(Nemours Foundation)
- Also available in Spanish
- Toxic Synovitis(Nemours Foundation)
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Patient Handouts
- Culture - joint fluid
- Also available in Spanish
- Fungal arthritis
- Also available in Spanish
- Reactive arthritis
- Also available in Spanish
- Septic arthritis
- Also available in Spanish
- Viral arthritis
- Also available in Spanish
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