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Infectious 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. Symptoms of infectious arthritis include:

  • Intense pain in the joint
  • Joint redness and swelling
  • Chills and fever
  • Inability to move the area with the infected joint

One type of infectious arthritis is reactive arthritis. The reaction is to an infection somewhere else in your body. The joint is usually the knee, ankle, or toe. Sometimes, reactive arthritis is set off by an infection in the bladder, or in the urethra, which carries urine out of the body. In women, an infection in the vagina can cause the reaction. For both men and women, it can start with bacteria passed on during sex. Another form of reactive arthritis starts with eating food or handling something that has bacteria on it.

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  1. Infectious Arthritis (National Library of Medicine)  
    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 ...
  2. Septic arthritis is inflammation of a joint due to a bacterial or fungal infection. Septic arthritis that is due to the bacteria that cause ...
  3. ... gonorrhea infection. Gonococcal arthritis is a type of septic arthritis . This is inflammation of a joint due to a bacterial infection.
  4. Septic Arthritis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Infectious Arthritis/Start Here ... Infectious Arthritis ... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
  5. Staph Infections (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Staphylococcal Infections/Start Here ... Staphylococcal Infections ... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
  6. ... Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2021:chap 121. Ohl CA. Infectious arthritis of native joints. In: Bennett JE, Dolin R, ...
  7. Ohl CA. Infectious arthritis of native joints. In: Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice ...
  8. Reactive arthritis is a type of arthritis that follows an infection. It may also cause inflammation of the eyes, skin and urinary ...
  9. ... Inflammation of a joint due to an infection ( septic arthritis ) Disorder in which the body's immune system attacks ...
  10. ... such as a fracture Osteoarthritis Osteomyelitis (bone infection) Septic arthritis (joint infection) Tendinitis Unusual exertion or overuse, including ...
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