Objective: to determine the pattern of bacterial non-gonococal non-tuberculous septic arthritis patients who was treated in Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital Jakarta, in four years period from 1990 to 1993. Material and methods: This study was done by reviewing the medical record of arthritis patients with emphasizing of the clinical manifestations. Results and conclusions: In those period on…
A relationship between nutrion and rheumatic disease could occur through two possible mechanism. First, food antigen might provoke hypersensitivity responses leading to such symptoms. Second, nutritional factors might alter immune or inflammatory response or both, thus modifying rheumatic symptoms. Rhemuatic diseases which have relationship with food allergy were palindromic rheumatism, rheumat…