Presencia de patogenos periodontales en liquido sinovial de pacientes diagnosticados con enfermedad reumatica en una clinica de la ciudad cali.

Periodontal disease and rheumatic diseases (two of them, osteoartrtis and rheumatoid arthritis) are chronic inflammatory and infectious diseases -the first second with a probable geneticcommitment have been associated by the ability to do some periodontal pathogens and bacteremia colonize the joint tissues of synovial joints, particularly Porphyromonas gingivalis a gram negative anaerobic bacteria which has the ability to bacterial and human proteins citrulinar activating the immune and inflammatory responses in a way that can trigger or exacerbate the clinical picture of rheumatoid arthritis in a patient with genetic suceptbilidad. aim: The presence of periodontal pathogens in synovial fluid from patients diagnosed with rheumatic disease in a clinic in Cali, from the identification, quantification and comparison of these pathogens isolated from periodontal pockets and synovial fluid.