The Different Phases of Erysipelothrix Polyarthritis: Comparison with Other Microbial Models

Comparative studies in man indicate a possible primary infectious aetiology of chronic polyarthritis, in spite of the pathogenetically important immunological processes and proven genetical predisposition [17]. This presumption is supported by the wide range of spontaneous, chronic polyarthritides in animal species. One of these primary infectious, secondarily mediated by immunological mechanisms and genetically predisposed, spontaneous diseases is the erysipelas infection.