%0 Journal Article
%T Pseudoseptic Arthritis: A Case Series and Review of the Literature
%A Brian P. Oppermann
%A Jonida K. Cote
%A Stephanie J. Morris
%A Thomas Harrington
%J Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
%D 2011
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2011/942023
%X Purpose. Pseudoseptic arthritis is an acute inflammatory monoarthritis with a sterile synovial gram stain and culture. Pseudoseptic arthritis has been previously described in the literature in a variety of settings including rheumatoid arthritis and microcrystalline disease. Despite pseudoseptic arthritis being a described entity, there is little published data on this topic with no published reports since 1992. Methods. This paper was a retrospective chart review over a 20-year period that identified all rheumatology inpatient consultations at our tertiary rural hospital for pseudoseptic arthritis. Results. We identified 10 patients with pseudoseptic arthritis and presented 5 of those cases in this paper. Majority of these patients had known autoimmune inflammatory arthritis or microcrystalline inflammatory arthritis. Conclusion. Pseudoseptic arthritis is a syndrome that should be in the differential diagnosis with patients with long standing inflammatory condition who present with an acute monoarthritis with no known bacterial source for septic arthritis.
%U http://www.hindawi.com/crim/id/2011/942023/