Streptobacillus moniliformis Bacteremia in a Pet Shop Employee: Case Report and Literature Review

A 39-year-old pet shop employee who sustained a bite from one of his store’s rats developed fever and arthritis. Streptobacillus moniliformis was cultured from the patient’s blood, confirming a diagnosis of rat-bite fever. Treatment with standard antibiotics was successful. Although rat-bite fever i...

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Autores principales: Suzuki, Kiyozumi, Hirai, Yuji, Morita, Fujiko, Nakamura, Ayako, Uehara, Yuki, Naito, Toshio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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ID Case
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5510459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28730157
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx038

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5510459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28730157
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx038

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