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Infectious Arthritis Flashcards

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synovial intima

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lining tissue of the synovium and all intracapsular structures, typically 1-3 cells deep

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two types of synovial lining cells

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intimal macrophages with increased cytoplasmic organelles and intimal fibroblasts that have decreased organelles and increased ER

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what is the synovial intima lacking?

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a lmiting basement membrane

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what supports the synovial lining?

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fenestrated microvessels in the interstitium of the subintima

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subintima

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contains collagen fibrils, proteoglycans, and VASCULAR SUPPLY (fenestrated blood vessels)

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importance of fenestrations in subintima vascular supply

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blood plasma can freely flow out into synovial lining

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what is the most rapidly destructive form of joint and bone disease?

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bacterial arthritis (a rheumatologic emergency!)

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what are most cases of septic arthritis due to?

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hematogenous spread (bacteremia) followed by direct innoculation

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why is the joint susceptible to infection from hematogenous spread?

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abundant vascular supply and lack of limiting membrane

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entheses

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ligamentous insertion into bone

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two divisions of septic arthritis

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gonococcal and nongonoccal

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what is the most common nongonococcal bacteria causing septic arthritis?

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staph aureus (gram positive clustering cocci)

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risk factors for septic arthritis

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age (>80), infection with bacteremia, joint disease/pre-existing damage (OA, RA), immunosuppressed state (diabetes, steroids), trauma, prosthetic joint, IV drugs, endocarditis

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pathogenesis of septic arthritis

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virulence factors of different bacteria sustain the infection and cause joint damage

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virulence factors for s. aureus

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MSCRAMMs and agr

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MSCRAMMs

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bind host matrix proteins to enable s aureus to anchor itself in the interstitium

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agr

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accessory gene regulator. regulates s aureus surface proteins and exotoxins

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timeline of virulence factors in S. aureus septic arthritis

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at low cell concentrations, agr up regulates cell surface proteins important for attachment. once cell growth enters stationary phase, age down regulates adhesion proteins and up regulates tissue destroying enzymes

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virulence factors for N gonorrhea

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pili enable attachment, outer membrane protein I inactivates complement and prevents neutrophil phagolysosomal fusion

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3 ways septic arthritis leads to damage

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direct effects from invading bacteria, host’s own immune response, mechanical effects from pressure of joint effusion

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direct damage

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the organism produces destructive toxins and enzymes which mediate joint damage. (hemolysins)

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host inflammatory overreaction

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activated inflammatory cells produce cytokines which help recruit more cells, cytokines activate MMPs, neutrophils/marophages engulf bacteria and release cytokines, which stimulate proteases and ROSs

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mechanical effects causing damage

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ischemia due to excess purulent exudate accumulation causing intra-articular pressure increase and reduced blood flow

24
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clinical presentation of septic arthritis

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fevers, chills, malaise, monoarticular involvement (due to cytokines)
dolor/calor/tumor/rubor (due to inflammation)

25
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clinical presentation of gonococcal arthritis

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sexually active young adults, 1 or more joints affected, DGI

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DGI

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disseminated gonorrheal infection: fevers, shaking chills, vesiculopustular rash, tenosynovitis, polyarthralgias

27
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normal joint effusion

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clear, colorless, viscous. <200 leukocytes

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noninflammatory joint effusion (OA)

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clear, yellow, viscous, leukocytes 200-2000

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inflammatory joint effusion

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cloudy, yellow, decreased viscosity, leukocytes 2000-100,000

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septic joint effusion

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purulent, markedly decreased viscosity, usually leukocytes >50,000 with mostly neutrophils

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bone infection

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osteomyelitis

32
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organism causing lyme disease

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borrelia burgdorferi via ixides tick

33
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three stages of lyme disease

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early localized, early disseminated, late disease

34
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in which stage of lyme disease do you see inflammatory arthritis?

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late disease

35
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early localized lyme disease

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within days, bulls eye rash (erythema migrans), viral symptoms (fevers, lymphadenopathy, malaise, arthralgias, myalgias)

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early disseminated lyme disease

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1-3 mos after bite, cardiac and neurological symptoms (myopericarditis, Bells palsy)

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late lyme disease

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> 3mos, main clinical feature is inflammatory arthritis (2/3 of patients who reach this stage)

38
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which joint is typically affected in lyme arthritis

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knee

39
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lyme arthritis pathophysiology

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host inflammatory response, since borrelia doesn’t produce any proteases!

40
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what is the typical synovial leukocyte count for septic arthritis from lyme?

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<50,000

41
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antibiotic resistant lyme arthritis

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rare, can’t detect borrelia in fluid PCR, most likely due to molecular mimicry

42
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molceular mimicry

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immune response driven by foreign stimuli that cross reacts with self elements.

43
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support for molecular mimicry in lyme arthritis

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specific class 2 MHCs are predisposed, human LFA-1a has sequence homology to borrelia OspA and activates OspA reactive T cells, patients have high titers of Abs to OspA. becomes autoimmune

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problems with molecular mimicry hypothesis

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LFA-1a is only a weak agonist to OspA, OspA T cells diminish in synovial fluid after antibiotic Rx in both regular and resistant lyme arthritis

45
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clinical appearance of viral associated arthritis

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acute onset, symmetric, inflammatory, polyarticular (small joints), may have rash

46
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hep B arthritis

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immune complex mediated, serum sickness

47
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parvovirus arthritis

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antigenic persistence

48
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serum sickness

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prodrome characterized by urticaria (hives), maculopapular rash, inflammatory arthritis of small joints

49
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presumed mechanism of hep B arthriits

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hep b surface antibodies form soluble immune complexes that are deposited in synovium, which activates complement and neutrophils, enzymes released by neutrophils cause damage

50
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when does clinical disease begin in hep b arthritis?

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once the circulating complexes start lowering serum complement

51
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what is the most common viral arthritis

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parvovirus b19

52
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who is predominately affected by parvovirus b19 arthritis?

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adults

53
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mechanism of parvovirus arthritis

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parvovirus enters joint via interaction with Gb4 on synovium, antigenic persistence causes ongoing immune response

54
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antigenic persistence

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various pieces of infectious agent remain in the absence of the whole organism and cause ongoing immune response

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