Infectious arthritis

Topic: Infectarthritis is a pathology that combines signs of infectious and inflammatory diseases of the joints.

Infectious arthritis is inflammation of a joint caused by an infection entering the joint (bacterial, viral or fungal). If an infection enters the body, it contributes to the development of the inflammatory process and can lead to damage to any organ, including joints. The vast majority of cases of infectious arthritis are arthritis caused by autoinfection (staphylococci, streptococci - the causative agents of tonsillitis, scarlet fever, erysipelas, skin and ophthalmic purulent infections). Reactivation of the tuberculosis bacillus, which is often present in the body as an opportunistic microorganism, and migration of intestinal flora are also possible. Such arthritis is more severe and much more often has an unfavorable prognosis. An autoinfection that penetrates from the outside is a foreign flora, goes through an incubation period, then a clinic of inflammatory joint damage develops.