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Septic arthritis (infectious arthiritis. bacteria) is an inflammation of a synovial membrane caused by bacteria and that usually affects a single joint.
Symptoms may include:
- affected joint kept in a flexed position
- redness and edema over the affected joint
- severely reduced range of motion
- warmth and extreme tenderness over the involved joint
- chills
Causes may include:
- bacteria spread from a primary site of infection
- gram-positive cocci
- staphylococcus aureus
- streptococcus pyogenes
- streptococcus pneumoniae
- streptococcus viridans
- gram-negative cocci
- neisseria gonorrhoeae
- haemophilus influenzae
- gram-negative bacilli
- escherichia colt
- salmonella
- pseudomonas
- fungi
- mycobacteria (rare cause)
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