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Infectious arthritis is caused by viruses, bacteria, or fungi that enter the body and settle into one or more joints. Depending upon which germs have invaded, they joint(s) they inhabit, the strength of the immune system, and the speed and accuracy of the treatment, a bout with infectious arthritis may be brief and relatively easy to take, or serious and painful.

Technically speaking, infectious arthritis is an infection of the joint tissues and/or fluid, or an autoimmune response to an infection in the joints. Several different germs, ranging from staphylococci to HIV to tuberculosis, can infect a joint or trigger an autoimmune inflammatory response in a joint.