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Chapter XIII Infectious arthropathies - M00-M03 Note: This block comprises arthropathies due to microbiological agents. Distinction is made between the following types of etiological relationship: a. direct infection of joint, where organisms invade synovial tissue and microbial antigen is present in the joint; b. indirect infection, which may be of two types: a reactive arthropathy , where microbial infection of the body is established but neither organisms nor antigens can be identified in the joint, and a postinfective arthropathy , where microbial antigen is present but recovery of an organism is inconstant and evidence of local multiplication is lacking.
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