Septic arthritis of the shoulder is an urgent medical emergency that often occurs in elderly patients and associated with high morbidity mortality. Retrospectively, 56 aged ≥60 years, treated for primary septic monoarthritis at a maximum care hospital between 1 July 2001, 30 2022, were included this study. The aim study was analyzing survival rates different bacteria these patients. For statist...

In the final Jones criteria, different diagnostic criteria were established for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever for low risk and moderate-high risk populations. Turkey was found to be compatible with moderate-high risk populations as a result of regional screenings performed in terms of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. The changes in the diagnostic criteria for low-risk...

BACKGROUND Minocycline and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) indomethacin, have anti-inflammatory activities and are both used in the management of rheumatoid arthritis. However, there are no reports on whether coadministration of these drugs could potentiate each other's activities in alleviating pain and weight bearing deficits during arthritis. METHODS LPS was injected to BALB...

R heumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease which is characterised mainly by synovial inflammation and joint destruction, as well as extraarticular manifestations. Cytokines have a central role in the pathogenesis of this synovial inflammation. Tumour necrosis factor a (TNFa) is one of the dominant cytokines. Many studies have shown that TNFa is present in biologically signific...