ALLMedicine™ Infectious Arthritis Center

Mar 18th, 2023 - Reactive arthritis (ReA) is a joint inflammation that follows an infection at a distant site, often in the gastrointestinal or urogenital tract. Since the emergence of COVID-19 in January 2020, several case reports have suggested a relation betwee...

Feb 3rd, 2023 - Septic arthritis of the knee is presumed to be the most frequent form of Kingella kingae -induced osteoarticular infection. This study aimed to report on the clinical course, biological parameters, and results of microbiological investigations amo...

Jan 18th, 2023 - Acromegaly is caused by the long-term excessive secretion of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). It can cause excessive hyperplasia of bone, cartilage, and soft tissue. A 50-year-old woman had a history of joint pain and ...

Jan 11th, 2023 - Practice Essentials Gout and pseudogout are the 2 most common crystal-induced arthropathies. Gout (see the image below) is caused by monosodium urate monohydrate crystals; pseudogout is caused by calcium pyrophosphate crystals and is more accurate...

Jan 11th, 2023 - Practice Essentials Gout and pseudogout are the 2 most common crystal-induced arthropathies. Gout (see the image below) is caused by monosodium urate monohydrate crystals; pseudogout is caused by calcium pyrophosphate crystals and is more accurate...

Nov 21st, 2022 - This a multicentric prospective study that compares biological fluids as synovial liquid and blood samples to find biomarkers that could distinguish septic arthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Prospectively, patients will be recruited unde...

Sep 1st, 2022 - Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative joint disease of considerable socio-economic impact, of which a primary and a secondary form are distinguished. Primary OA is a mild form that occurs mainly in the joints of the hands, feet, knee, and ...

Jun 17th, 2022 - Rheumatologic conditions and infections may imitate each other, often making diagnosis challenging. Therefore, it is imperative to obtain adequate histories and have a keen eye for these potentially confounding differential diagnoses.

Jun 10th, 2020 - In this case scenario, based on the patient's history and laboratory findings, it would be appropriate to include arthrocentesis and synovial fluid analysis in the initial workup for RA to rule out gout, pseudogout, and septic arthritis. As with R...

Sep 25th, 2016 - Action Points Note that this retrospective study characterized patients exposed to Lyme disease who developed chronic arthropathies. Be aware that it appears that auto-immune factors (rather than persistent infection) play a role in the pathogenes...

Sep 13th, 2016 - Myth: Psoriasis Is Infectious The precise cause of psoriasis is unknown, but researchers believe the immune system and genetics play major roles in its development, according to the National Psoriasis Foundation. The skin cells in patients with ps.