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Rat Bite Fever Caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis in a Cirrhotic Patient Initially Presenting with Various Systemic Features Resembling Henoch-Schönlein Purpura

We herein report the case of a 61-year-old Japanese cirrhotic patient who developed rat bite fever (RBF) and whose first presentation was serious clinical features mimicking those of Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP). In addition to the critical clinical conditions, since the histopathology from purpur...

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Autores principales: Kasuga, Keisuke, Sako, Minako, Kasai, Shogo, Yoshimoto, Hiroshi, Iihara, Kuniko, Miura, Hideaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6172531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29709962
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9856-17