(2026 IMCU On-Demand) Osteomyelitis, Septic Arthritis, Lyme Arthritis, Rheumatic Fever & AID Arthritis

CME Credit Available:

This activity offers .50 1A AOA 

Note: ACOI reports credits to the AOA at the beginning of each month.

Learning Objectives:

In this session, you'll learn how to:

• HIV arthritis affects 12–63% of HIV patients on ART, highlighting its significant clinical burden. 
• Understand rheumatic fever as an immunologically mediated late complication of Group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngeal infection.
• Prevention is key for Lyme disease. Proper tick removal within 36–48 hours, avoidance of folk remedies, and awareness of the VLA15 vaccine pipeline are all essential components of patient education.

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: 

ACOI requires each planner and presenter to identify all conflicts of interest and mitigates risk of bias using a series of strategies for relevant conflicts. Unless otherwise noted below, the ACOI, ACOI staff and planners for this activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

Rubaiya Mallay, DO, FACOI, faculty for this activity, has no relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. 

Release & Review Date: 

This activity is valid from July 31, 2026, until July 31, 2029.