title: Rat-bite acquired leptospirosis.
abstract: We report a case of leptospirosis in a boy following a rat-bite, an unusual mode of transmission for this infection. The use of antibiotics for fever following a rat-bite is discussed.
authors: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford.
authors: G A
authors: GA
authors: Luzzi
authors: L M
authors: LM
authors: Milne
authors: S A
authors: SA
authors: Waitkins
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009115:Muridae; D014895:Weil Disease / Q000635:transmission*