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POLYARTHRALGIA-Polyarticular synovitis

• Gonococcal arthritis
• Reiter's synd (urethritis,uveitis,conjunctivitis, balanitis, sacro-iliitis, HB-A-B27)
• Rheumatic fever /post-streptococcal infection (ASO titer)
• Viral:hepatitis B, rubella,mumps,etc
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Connective tissue disease:RA,SLE,psoriatic, etc.
• Other bacterial: secondary syphilis,lyme arthritis, meningococcal sepsis,brucellosis, etc.
• Serum sickness
• Acute oligoarticular juvenile RA
• Palindromic rheumatism

POLYARTHRITIS WITH FEVER:NEJM 3/17/94,330:769 Pinals RS

• Infectious arthritis:Septic, bacterial endocarditis, Lyme disease, Myocobacterial, fungal,viral arthritis.As: Neisseria gonorrhoea or N. meningitidise, Strep.moniliformis, Strep.pneumoniae, Hemophilus influenzaMycoplasma penumoniae, Group G strep.
• Post-infectious or reactive arthritis:Enteric infection, Reiter's synd., Rheumatic fever, Inflam.Bowel Disease.
• Rheumatoid arthritis, Still's disease.SLE, systemic vasculitis.
• Crystal-induced arthritis:gout/pseudo-gout.
• Others: cancer, sarcoidosis, familial Mediterranean fever. Mucocutaneous disorders: dermatomyositis, Behcet's disease, Henoch-Schonlein purpura, Kawasaki's disease,Erythema nodosum, erythema multiforme, Pyoderma gangrenosum, Pustular psoriasis.