| Potentielle Erreger | |||||
| Infektion | Bakterien | Viren | Protozoen/Pilze | Methode | Material | 
| Arthritis, traumatische | Staphylococcus aureus Streptococcus pyogenes Enterobacteriacae Neisseria meningitidis Pasteurella spp. Streptobacillus moniliformis  |   Kultur EIA  |   Punktat Gelenk Serum Blut (Kultur)  |   ||
| Arthritis, reaktive | Chlamydia trachomatis Neisseria gonorrhoe Campylobacter jejuni Yersinia spp. Salmonella spp. Shigella spp. Borrelia burgdorferi M. tuberculosis  |   EIA BLOT PCR IGRA  |   Serum Blut Punktat Gelenk  |   ||
| Arthritis, virale | Parvovirus B 19 Rötelnvirus Mumpsvirus Hepatitis-B-Virus Hepatitis-C-Virus Denguevirus Typ 1 - 4  |   EIA BLOT PCR  |   Serum Punktat Gelenk  |   ||
| Myositis | Coxsackie A-Viren Coxsackie B-Viren ECHO-Viren Hantaviren Influenzavirus Denguevirus Typ 1 - 4  |   KBR AGGL EIA BLOT PCR  |   Serum | ||
| Osteitis/Osteomyelitis | Staphylococcus aureus Staphylokokken, koagulasenegtive Propionibacterium spp. Streptococcus spp. Enterobacteriacae Pseudomonas spp. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pasteurella spp. Salmonella spp.  |   Candida spp. Aspergillus spp.  |   Kultur IGRA  |   Blut (Kultur) Blut Biopsat Knochen Knochennahe Flüssigkeit  |   |