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Rat bite fever with osteomyelitis and discitis: case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Rat bite fever (RBF) is a rare systemic febrile illness transmitted by rats. Streptobacillus moniliformis is a pleomorphic Gram-negative bacillus which is the usual etiologic organism for rat bite fever in the United States. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we present a case of rat bite fever com...

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Autores principales: Adams, Steven H., Mahapatra, Rahul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8153095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34039283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06172-x