Arthritis in HIV-infected patients

Osteoarticular manifestations are part of the spectrum of clinical syndromes related to HIV disease. HIV infection can modulate the course of a preexisting or concurrent rheumatologic disease and may as well cause new disease entities. Rheumatic manifestations, that require careful diagnostic considerations and appropriate diagnostic evaluations, may also evolve as drug side effects or due to infectious complications secondary to the underlying immundeficiency. This article provides a summary on the spectrum of arthritis and arthralgias in HIV-infected patients and will hopefully contribute to a more profound understanding of this issue.