4 results
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Septic Arthritis ... necrosis, Lyme disease ... Workup: arthrocentesis ... w/ fluid culture ... treatment until cultures
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... Gram stain and culture ... polarized light microscopy ... Polyarthritis: • Blood cultures ... #laboratory #workup
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
intermediate risk of disease ... TB AFB smear microscopy ... Mycobacterial culture ... Mycobacterial culture ... Testing #Diagnosis #Workup
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
), RA, crystal disease ... Lyme), reactive arthritis ... for cell count, culture ... Inflammatory, crystalline disease ... rheumatology #approach #workup