BACKGROUND Bacterial cell wall (CW) arthritis develops in susceptible strains of rats after a single intraperitoneal injection of the CW from certain bacterial species, both pathogenic and non-pathogenic. For the development of chronic bacterial CW arthritis, the structure of the bacterial peptidoglycan (PG) has been found to be decisive. OBJECTIVE To define the role of PG subtypes in the pat...

Background: Bacterial cell wall (CW) arthritis develops in susceptible strains of rats after a single intraperitoneal injection of the CW from certain bacterial species, both pathogenic and non-pathogenic. For the development of chronic bacterial CW arthritis, the structure of the bacterial peptidoglycan (PG) has been found to be decisive. Objective: To define the role of PG subtypes in the pat...

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints as well as other organs in the body. Adjuvant-induced arthritis models in inbred rats serve as relevant models for RA, having many clinical similarities to this disease. Using honey bee venom as a treatment for Rheumatoid arthritis is an ancient therapy in various parts of the world. However scorpion ve...

Tuberculosis Arthritis of the knee joint is rare. A 25-year old female patient presented with pain andswelling her left knee. The symptoms first appeared two months earlier; she was given glucocorticoidafter diagnosed Rheumatoid Arthritis. did not improve treatment. wasdiagnosed tuberculosis arthritis according to biopsy and PCR TB result. Biopsy excision kneefound granulomatous appearance, whi...

Our findings show that the combination of splenic percussion and palpation will detect up to 88% of spleens considered to be enlarged on hepatic scintiscans. In other studies the correlation between clinical detection of splenomegaly and radiography or radioisotope scanning has been poor. Although as little as a 4000 increase in spleen size may be palpable, even massively enlarged spleens have ...

The nature of fatigue is very complex and involves physiological, psychological and social phenomena at the same time, and the mechanisms leading to occurrence and severity of fatigue are still poorly understood. The condition of chronic inflammation associated with psoriatic arthritis can be regarded as a potential factor affecting development of fatigue. Only a few studies so far have focused...

Nicolae Iagaru e-mail: [email protected] Abstract. TB arthritis is a rare, insidious chronic mono-arthritis resulting in extremely serious destruction of joints and bones. Usually, the possibility of TB arthritis is suggested by family infectious or environmental contact with TB and a positive Test at PPD. The Objectives. Are to discuss about a forgotten etiology of monoarthritis in pedi...