Rickettsioses presenting as major joint arthritis and erythema nodosum: Description of four patients

R. Premaratna; T. G.A.N. Chandrasena; R. P.V.J. Rajapakse; M. E. Eremeeva; G. A. Dasch; N. K.B.K.R.G.W. Bandara; H. J. de Silva

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Rickettsioses presenting as major joint arthritis and erythema nodosum: Description of four patients

R. Premaratna, T. G.A.N. Chandrasena, R. P.V.J. Rajapakse, M. E. Eremeeva, G. A. Dasch, N. K.B.K.R.G.W. Bandara, H. J. de Silva

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Erythema nodosum and aseptic arthritis are recognized associations of rickettsial infections. However, they usually present with a febrile illness rather than with severe arthritis. We report three patients who presented with incapacitating major joint arthritis and one who presented with severe spondyloarthropathy in addition to major joint arthritis due to serologically confirmed Orientia tsutsugamushi and Rickettsia conorii infections. All of them had erythema nodosum and low-grade fever. They had rapid clinical response to doxycycline.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	867-868
Number of pages	2
Journal	Clinical Rheumatology
Volume	28
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-009-1166-3
State	Published - 2009

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Rheumatology

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Arthritis
Erythema nodosum
Orientia tsutsugamushi
Rickettsia conorii
Rickettsial infections

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