MICROBIOLOGY Flashcards

1
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What microbes cause reactive arthritis?

A
REITER loves ShY ChiCS
Shigella
Yersinia
Chlamydia
Campylobacter
Salmonella

Reiter syndrome: can’t see can’t pee can’t bend the knee

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What microbes cause septic joints?

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Staph aureus, Streptococcus, Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Gonococcal arthritis - STI that presents as purulent arthritis in the knee or triad of polyarthralgia, tenosynovitis (e.g. hand), dermatitis (pustules)
p.456 FA 2018

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