Joint sepsis as a complication of sero-negative arthritis.
Septic arthritis is a recognised complication of rheumatoid arthritis but has not been well described in sero-negative spondarthritis. We report 3 patients with sero-negative inflammatory joint disease who developed joint sepsis early in the course of the disease. In none was there a recognisable source of infection. Two cases were complicated by osteomyelitis and in one the sepsis has been recurrent over thirty years.
D000368:Aged; D000843:Ankle Joint; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications*; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D014955:Wrist Joint
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents