Infectious Arthritis – What is it?

Infectious arthritis, also know as psoriatic arthritis, is an infection in a joint that affects the fluid and tissues in the joint. The infection in the joint typically develops after an infection in some other area of the body. Germs that cause infectious arthritis can be viral, bacterial or fungal.

It is less likely that the joint infection will be caused by a fungus than caused by bacteria or a virus. Some germs that can result in joint infections include mumps, rubella, hepatitis or HIV. In fact, 30% to 70% of people that are infected with HIV may develop a rheumatic disease as a result of the HIV virus.

Other sources of joint infection include tuberculosis (tuberculosis arthritis), human parvovirus (Fifth disease) and Lyme disease. The number of cases of Lyme disease has doubled in the last 15 years, from around 10,000 cases a year in the early 1990’s to nearly 20,000 ..

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