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ON this week’s episode I sat down with Nurse practitioner damian valle to talk about a case of septic arthritis. Damo is a nurse pract with a love for teaching and training. The case is an excellent example of why getting a clinical history is important and why reassessment is always so important. On the episode we spoke why doing a complete physical exam is paramount.
SHOW NOTES
Disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI) results from bacteremic spread of the sexually transmitted pathogen, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which can lead to a variety of clinical symptoms and signs, such as arthritis or arthralgias, tenosynovitis, and multiple skin lesions.click link to follow
Reactive arthritis is conventionally defined as an arthritis that arises following an infection, although the pathogens cannot be cultured from the affected joints. It is generally regarded as a form of spondyloarthritis (SpA).
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Septic arthritis is synonymous with an infection in a joint. Septic arthritis is usually caused by bacteria but can also be caused by other microorganisms. Septic arthritis due to bacterial infection is often a destructive form of acute arthritis. click link to follow
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