In addition to causing arthritis by means of direct microbial infection (i.e., septic arthritis; see Chapter 705 ), microbes activate innate and adaptive immune responses, which can lead to the generation and deposition of immune complexes as well as antibody…
The diseases collectively referred to as spondyloarthritides include ankylosing spondylitis (AS) , arthritis associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or psoriasis, and reactive arthritis following gastrointestinal (GI) or genitourinary (GU) infections ( Table 181.1 and Table 181.2 ). Spondyloarthritis is…
Acknowledgment The authors and editors acknowledge the contributions of the authors of this chapter in the 7th edition of the Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology, Drs. Rubén Burgos-Vargas and Janitzia Vázquez-Mellado. This chapter is dedicated to the memory of Elia Ayoub,…