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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 6 | Page : 31-35 |
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Infections in a rheumatology setting-Chennai experience
Porkodi Ramanathan1, Ravichandran Rathnasamy2
1 Professor and HOD (Rtd), Department of Rheumatology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India
Correspondence Address:
Porkodi Ramanathan
Professor and HOD (Rtd), Department of Rheumatology, Madras Medical College, Chennai
India
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Introduction: Infection can present either as articular problems or as complicate on undergoing rheumatological disease.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of 1900 inpatients admitted over a 2-year period was done. Infections in these patients were analyzed.
Results: Around 0.21% of the patients had septic arthritis, 0.68% had tuberculosis, 0.95% had reactive arthritis, and 0.57% had post-viral arthritis. Bacterial, viral, and fungal infections were common in patients on immunosuppres- sives, on high disease activity, with diabetes, and with poor renal function. Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae were the common infection. |
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