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Homelessness and health.

Homelessness affects tens of thousands of canadians and has important health implications. Homeless people are at increased risk of dying prematurely and suffer from a wide range of health problems, including seizures, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, musculoskeletal disorders, tuberculosis, and skin and foot problems. Homeless people also face significant barriers that impair their access to health care. More research is needed to identify better ways to deliver care to this population.

Adolescent↗

Musculoskeletal and autoimmune manifestations of HIV, syphilis and tuberculosis.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The HIV pandemic continues to increase at an alarming rate, and is the leading cause of death worldwide from a single pathogen. The number of HIV-1-infected individuals currently exceeds 40 million, the majority of whom live in the developing countries of Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and south America. In the past 5 years, there has concurrently been an increase in the reported cases of tuberculosis and primary and secondary syphilis. This review addresses the musculoskeletal and autoimmune manifestations associated with HIV, syphilis and tuberculosis infections or their treatments. RECENT FINDINGS: During HIV infection the immune system becomes dysfunctional because of the coexistence of immunodeficiency and immune hyperactivity, and a disregulated production or activity of cytokines. Some of these mechanisms explain the development of rheumatic manifestations associated with HIV infection. Highly active antiretroviral therapy changes the course of HIV infection and the spectrum of the HIV-associated rheumatic manifestations. New syndromes such as the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome have emerged. HIV, tuberculosis and syphilis infections offer special epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic challenges. SUMMARY: These observations highlight the complexity and multiplicity of the interactions between the pathogen and host that could result in the development of rheumatic manifestations.

Autoimmune Diseases↗

The ever-expanding association between rheumatologic diseases and tuberculosis.

We summarized most of the rheumatologic manifestations of tuberculosis (TB) and the occurrence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis disease associated with rheumatologic diseases. We established 4 different categories: (1) direct musculoskeletal involvement of M. tuberculosis, including spondylitis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, and tenosynovitis; (2) M. tuberculosis as an infectious pathogen in rheumatologic diseases, particularly with the use of newer agents such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors; (3) antimycobacterial drug-induced rheumatologic syndromes, including tendinopathy, drug-induced lupus, and others; and (4) reactive immunologic phenomena caused by TB, such as reactive arthritis, erythema nodosum, and others. In addition, Bacille-Calmette-Guérin vaccination used for the prevention of TB or as a chemotherapeutic agent for bladder carcinoma also may be associated with musculoskeletal adverse events. We conclude that M. tuberculosis can directly or indirectly affect the musculoskeletal system.

Antitubercular Agents↗

Nonrheumatic conditions in children including infectious diseases and syndromes.

Often, a child is referred for evaluation to a pediatric rheumatologist and found to have a nonrheumatologic disorder. Infections constitute an important group of disorders with potential musculoskeletal system involvement. Reactive arthritis subsequent to infection with Yersinia is discussed, as well as reactive arthritis seen in the course of cystic fibrosis. Musculoskeletal manifestations of tuberculosis and brucellosis are reviewed. The continued presence of acute rheumatic fever in the United States has been documented, but the clinical spectrum of the disease appears to be changing over time. A variety of inherited syndromes may involve the musculoskeletal system, either primarily or as a minor manifestation. The bony dysplasias, another group of disorders, result from abnormal collagen structure and affect musculoskeletal development; clinical findings and new genetic information is reviewed. Descriptions of several rare syndromes (eg, hyaline fibromatosis and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy) also are reviewed here.

Arthritis, Reactive↗