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==Management==
==Management==
*NSAIDs mainstay of treatment
*NSAIDs
*Typically does not need antibiotics for postdysentery form
*Antibiotics not needed for postdysentery form
*However, consider doxycycline in chlamydia-related to improve arthritis symptoms faster
*Consider doxycycline in chlamydia


==Disposition==
==Disposition==

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Background

  • Associated with bacterial infections
    • Shigella, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Chlamydia, etc.

Clinical Features

Can't see, Can't pee, Can't climb a tree (Classical triad in 1/3 of pts)

  • Conjunctivitis or uveitis
  • Nongonococcal urethritis
  • Asymmetric oligoarthritis

Differential Diagnosis

Monoarticular arthritis

Algorithm for Monoarticular arthralgia

Oligoarthritis

Polyarthritis

Algorithm for Polyarticular arthralgia

Migratory Arthritis

Diagnosis

Management

  • NSAIDs
  • Antibiotics not needed for postdysentery form
  • Consider doxycycline in chlamydia

Disposition

  • Outpatient follow up, with DMARDs if refractory to NSAIDs
  • 70% self-limited disease

See Also

Ankylosing spondylitis

Gonococcal arthritis

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