Arthritis
Description | Basic evaluations: ESR or CRP, urea, calcium, ANA, if necessary ENA, RF, anti-CCP, anti-ds-DNA, HLA-B27 (EDTA-blood), C3, C4, total complement, immune-complexes, parathyroid hormone, ferritin (on suspicion of hemochromatosis), ACE Serology (infection-associated arthritis): ASL, chlamydia, Yersinia, borrelia, parvovirus B19, hepatitis B, campylobacter jejuni, salmonella, N. gonorrhea, coxsackie B, ECHO-virus, adenovirus, Epstein-Barr-virus, CMV, herpes simplex, varicella-zoster, rubella, HIV (consent required), brucella, Chikungunya-fever, Sindbis Ockelbo virus. Pathogens in the urine: Chlamydia-PCR Pathogens in the stool: Yersinia, campylobacter jejuni, salmonella, Shigella, clostridium difficile, intestinal parasites (lamblia etc.) Pathogens in the urethral swab: Chlamydia-PCR, gonococcus, mycoplasms Synovial analysis: Cytology, bacteriological cultures, borrelia-DNA-evidence (PCR) and others Histology of the duodenum: Whipple’s disease (see there) In case of unclear arthritis, also consider non-classical form of Celiac’s disease (sprue) (see there) Please also refer to section “infection-associated arthritis” |
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