Table 1

Cause of fever and arthralgia in children

Potential causeExamples
Infections
ViralEBV
cytomegalovirus
parvovirus
hepatitis A,B,C
rubella
Bacterialbrucellosis
cat scratch fever
tuberculosis
OthersLyme disease
Q fever
chlamydia psitticae
Post-infectionrheumatic fever
Rheumatic diseasesSOJCA
systemic lupus erythematosus
Kawasaki disease
Malignancylymphoma
leukaemia
nephroblastoma
neuroblastoma
Miscellaneoussarcoidosis
familial mediterranean fever