musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
Acute Infectious Arthritis
Prognosis for Acute Infectious Arthritis
Acute nongonococcal bacterial arthritiscan destroy articular cartilage, permanently damaging the joint within hours or days. Gonococcal arthritisdoes not usually damage joints permanently. Factors that increase susceptibility to infectious arthritis may also increase disease severity. In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, functional outcome is particularly poor, and the mortality rate is increased. 