Rat bite fever without fever.
- 2003-08-19
Published in:
- Annals of the rheumatic diseases. - 2003
Aged
Animals
Arthritis
Bites and Stings
Humans
Male
Rat-Bite Fever
Rats
Streptobacillus
Synovial Fluid
English
Rat bite fever is a rarely reported acute febrile bacterial illness caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minus following a rat bite. It is classically characterised by abrupt onset of fever with rigors, myalgias, headache, and the appearance of a generalised maculopapular petechial skin rash. Polyarthritis complicates the course of the disease in up to 50% of infected patients, and numerous hurdles can make the diagnosis particularly difficult in the absence of fever or rash, as in the present case. A high degree of awareness is necessary to make the correct diagnosis in such cases. Diagnosis has important prognostic implications as the disease is potentially lethal, but easily treatable.
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- English
- Open access status
- bronze
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- DOI 10.1136/ard.62.9.894
- PMID 12922966
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/277917
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