Infections in a rheumatology setting-Chennai experience

Around 0.21% of the patients had septic arthritis, 0.68% had tuberculosis, 0.95% had reactive arthritis, and 0.57% had post-viral arthritis. Bacterial, viral, and fungal infections were common in patients on immunosuppressives, on high disease activity, with diabetes, and with poor renal function. Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae were the common infection.