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ArticleClinical case reports2023

Acute arthritis following SARS-CoV-2 infection: About two cases.

Mouna Brahem, Olfa Jomaa, Sondess Arfa, Rihab Sarraj, Rami Tekaya, Olfa Berriche, Haifa Hachfi, Mohamed Younes

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Mouna BrahemRheumatology Department Taher Sfar University Hospital Mahdia Tunisia.
Olfa JomaaRheumatology Department Taher Sfar University Hospital Mahdia Tunisia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3688-5264
Sondess ArfaEndocrinology and Internal Medicine Department Taher Sfar University Hospital Mahdia Tunisia.
Rihab SarrajRheumatology Department Taher Sfar University Hospital Mahdia Tunisia.
Rami TekayaRheumatology Department Taher Sfar University Hospital Mahdia Tunisia.
Olfa BerricheEndocrinology and Internal Medicine Department Taher Sfar University Hospital Mahdia Tunisia.
Haifa HachfiRheumatology Department Taher Sfar University Hospital Mahdia Tunisia.
Mohamed YounesRheumatology Department Taher Sfar University Hospital Mahdia Tunisia.
Military Hospital of Tunis · TNMahosot Hospital · LA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Joint involvement in COVID-19 may occur at different stages of the disease and maybe represented by non-specific arthralgia or by acute arthritis. We report two cases of COVID-19 infection that were complicated by postviral reactive arthritis. Case 1: A 47-year-old male was presented 20 days after a COVID-19 infection with acute right knee arthritis. On biologic data, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein were normal, and immunologic data were negative. A joint puncture was performed showing a turbid fluid. Testing for microcrystals was negative, as well as the synovial fluid culture. An infectious investigation was conducted, which was negative. The patient's complaints improved significantly, with analgesics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID). Case 2: A 33-year-old female presented with acute left knee arthritis evolving for 48 h, free of fever, after a COVID-19 infection treated 15 days ago. On examination, besides knee arthritis, the osteoarticular examination was normal. A biological inflammatory syndrome was noted in laboratory tests. A yellow fluid with multiple PNN was detected in the joint fluid aspiration, with a negative culture. The patient was treated by analgesics and NSAID. The follow-up was highlighted by the arthritis resolution. Conclusion: Both of our cases are consistent with what has already been reported in the literature confirming the development of PostCOVID arthritis and strengthen the impending necessity of wider studies to identify rheumatologic manifestations in the short- and long-terms after surviving COVID-19.

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acute arthritisCOVID‐19reactive arthritisSARS‐CoV2

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