Gonococcal arthritis
Alternate Names : Disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI)
Definition ...
Gonococcal arthritis is a bacterial infection of a joint. It occurs in people who have gonorrhea. It affects women more often than it affects men, and is most common among sexually active adolescent girls.
Two forms of gonococcal arthritis exist: ...
Gonococcal arthritis - You can prevent this type of arthritis by preventing gonorrhea. Practice safe sex or don't have sex.
Gonococcal arthritis
Nongonococcal bacterial arthritis
Infectious arthritis secondary to bite wounds ...
Nongonococcal arthritis is an infection of a joint caused by bacteria other than N. gonorrhoeae (the bacteria that causes gonorrhea). (See "Septic arthritis in adults".) ...
Treatment for gonococcal arthritis almost always succeeds, particularly if the condition is addressed promptly. Improvement usually takes place by 72 hours, and recovery is typically complete in 10 days (Studley).
Gonococcal arthritis
Gout
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (in children)
Other bacterial infections (nongonococcal bacterial arthritis)
Psoriatic arthritis
Reactive arthritis (Reiter syndrome)
Rheumatoid arthritis (in adults)
Scleroderma ...
Abnormal results mean bacteria were seen on the Gram stain. This may be a sign of a joint infection, for example, gonococcal arthritis or arthritis due to Staphylococcus aureus.
Risks ...
Glycogen Storage Disease Type I ... joint disease
Gonorrhea ... gonococcal arthritis
Gout ... arthritis, joint immobility
Group A Streptococcal Infections ... joint infections (septic arthritis) ...
Viral arthritis
Gonococcal arthritis
Other bacterial infections (non-gonococcal bacterial arthritis)
Tertiary Lyme disease (the late stage)
Tuberculous arthritis
Fungal infections such as blastomycosis ...
The symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis may resemble other medical conditions or problems, including acute rheumatic fever, Lyme disease, psoriatic arthritis, gout, osteoarthritis, gonococcal arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis.
From age 3 to adolescence, Septic arthritis is uncommon, at which point incidence will increase again. This is due partly to the incidence of STI based Septic arthritis (such as gonococcal arthritis in females with cervical Gonorrhoea).
(second-most common, affecting younger adults and juveniles), and various types of secondary arthritis that are caused by an underlying condition: reactive arthritis caused by an infection, psoriatic arthritis from psoriasis, gonococcal arthritis ...
Parvovirus arthritis and gonococcal arthritis are examples of infectious arthritis. Arthritis symptoms may also occur in Lyme disease, which is caused by a bacterial infection following the bite of certain ticks.
 See also: Arthritis, Bacterial, Symptom, Fever, Rheum
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