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Arthritis in Children Linked to Infections
A bacterial infection is found to have a correlation
with juvenile arthritis. Children who have not been previously diagnosed with
the disorder have been hospitalized recently with a bacterial infection.
Researchers analyzed Medicaid data on about 8500 children and found that there
was a 2 fold increase of bacterial infection with new cases of juvenile
arthritis. Study leader Dr. Timothy Beukelman, of the
University of Alabama at Birmingham, said in a journal news release. "This
finding suggests the inflammatory or autoimmune process may predispose children
to infection regardless of therapy."
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