Arthritis with fever
The differential diagnosis of arthritis with fever includes:
- arthritis caused by infectious agents:
- direct infection of joints
- indirect arthritis:
- acute rheumatic fever
- reactive arthritis
- hepatitis B
- crystal arthritides:
- gout
- pseudogout
- connective tissue disease:
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- mixed connective tissue disease
- vasculitides
- adult onset Still's disease
- rheumatoid arthritis
- polymyalgia rheumatica
- sarcoidosis
- arthritis associated with inflammatory bowel disease
- haematological malignancy
- Whipple's disease
- familial Mediterranean fever
Reference:
- Haidar G, Singh N. Fever of unknown origin. N Engl J Med. 2022 Feb 3;386(5):463-77.
Related pages
- Infective arthritis
- Rheumatic fever
- Reiter's syndrome
- Hepatitis B virus hepatitis
- Gout
- Pseudogout
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Mixed connective tissue disease
- Vasculitis
- Adult Still's disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Sarcoidosis
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Whipple's disease
- Familial mediterranean fever
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