Septic Arthritis Case Presented with Oligoarthritis in a Rheumatoid Arthritis

Yavuz Pehlivan; İbrahim Halil Türkbeyler; Özhan Uygun; Gazi Çömez; Ahmet Mesut Onat

doi:10.58600/eurjther.2010-16-3-1222-arch

Authors

Yavuz Pehlivan Gaziantep Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı Romatoloji Bilim Dalı
İbrahim Halil Türkbeyler Gaziantep Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı
Özhan Uygun Gaziantep Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı
Gazi Çömez Gaziantep Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı
Ahmet Mesut Onat Gaziantep Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı Romatoloji Bilim Dalı

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58600/eurjther.2010-16-3-1222-arch

Keywords:

Septic arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease that can affect many joints simultaneously and whose etiology is unknown. Septic arthritis is suppurative inflammation caused frequently by bacteria and rarely by mycetes. In the event that diagnosis is late and treatment is inadequate, it can cause joint and bone damage that can affect a person for lifetime. For this reason, it should be always considered as an emergency. Septic arthritis is commonly notified in rheumatoid arthritis patients. In this presentation a case that is followed with rheumatois arthritis diagnosis for 2 years and having septic arthritis in oligoarthritis etiology developed during the treatment is presented.

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