the objective was to investigate the presence of mycoplasma and chlamydia in the synovial fluid of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (ra) and other chronic arthritides. samples of synovial fluid (sf) were collected from all patients presenting with an articular effusion. seventy sf samples were subjected to study for mycoplasma and cultured on standard media for mycoplasma. the 70 other sf sam...

septic arthritis with polyarticular presentation is an uncommon clinical entity. a case of complicated staphylococcal infection with purulent and reactive polyarthritis, osteomyelitis, cutaneous and pleuropericardial involvement as well as transient blindness is presented here.

conclusions lower extremity movement extent was carefully evaluated and, in respect to muscle strength, the patient was able to walk independently three months after the surgery. the patient’s balance was studied and the results showed moderate levels of stability. case presentation this is a case report concerning a patient who had septic arthritis in the knee area and so underwent soft tissue...

this study was designed to explore the complementary effects of a combination formulation of olive oil, olive and fig fruits on ra remission indicators. a randomized controlled clinical trial was designed. adult ra patients were randomly divided into two groups receiving routine disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (dmards) regimen (control group) and routine dmards regimen plus the herbal sup...

objective: periodontal diseases are common in the society and some researchers suggested an association between rheumatoid arthritis (ra) and periodontal diseases. the present study was carried out to evaluate the so-called association in iranian adults. materials and methods: in this case-control study, the samples were recruited from patients referred to loghman hospital, tehran, during 2004-...

background: single-nucleotide polymorphism (snp) rs2476601 within protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 22 gene (ptpn22) has been shown to be a risk factor for different autoimmune diseases. this study explored the association of 1858 c/t snp with rheumatoid arthritis (ra) and celiac disease (cd) in a region covering south-west of iran. methods: totally, 52 patients with cd, 120 patien...

Objectives: Foot and ankle problems are common complications in rheumatoid arthritis disease. Gait pattern such as normal foot and ankle rocker is impaired in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Rocker sole as an external shoe modification is commonly prescribed in this pathology. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of rocker shoe on vertical ground reaction force parameters dur...

In order to study the prevalence of psoriatic arthritis in Imam Reza Hospital and determine the effects of factors like age, sex, familial history, type of skin involvement, nail involvement and duration of disease on psoriatic arthritis, 300 psoriatic patients over a period of 4 years were admitted and examined in the Department of Dermatology and Rheumatology in Imam Reza Teaching Hospita...

fasting is one of the important religious practices of muslims, in which the individuals abstain from eating and drinking from dawn to sunset. fasting is not obligatory or even not allowed, in case it causes health problems to the fasting individual. rheumatic diseases are a major group of chronic diseases which can bring about numerous problems while fasting. the aim of this article is to revi...