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a man 56 yrs old had a swollen knee. the aspiration shows a cloudy fluid, neutrophils +++, and no bacteria on micr and culture. what is the most likely diagnosis
a. septic arthritis
b. reiter's arth
c.gout
d. RA
e. OA
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| merrk
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d. RA
cloudy, sterile with a high neutrophil count!
How's the appearance of reiter's? Its usually sterile wiht a high N count
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| faith
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B-REITER`S
cache whatz the answer :?:
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| joyti khatri
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OA b coz RA is multiple symmetric jt involvement and mainly small jt pls correct if i m wrong
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| dimps
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i think of gout
cache plz help us
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| manikandan
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and is RA (D)
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| manikandan
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anS is RA (D)
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| sar
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Septic Arthritis (A)
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| lucky
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reiter's ....?
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| cache
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.... acute presentation is Occasionally seen in RA.
Reiter's arthritis would have associated findings of Reiter's syndrome.
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| faith
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thanx cache i was unaware that RA would give cloudy aspirate
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| sar
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RA acute presentation is in the from of septic arthrits (from kap notes) isnt it correct?
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| cache
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in case you follow this link, the appearance of various joint aspirates are given.
http://meded.ucsd.edu/isp/1994/im-quiz/amono.htm
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| sar
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Hi cache,
This is a really good site, I will read it and try to clear my confusion.
Thanks!
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