Rat-bite fever in animal research laboratory personnel.
A laboratory animal technician experienced undulating fever, chills, and myalgia 3 days after he was bitten by a laboratory rat. The clinical symptoms subsided with antibiotic therapy, but recurrent fever, malaise, and joint pain occurred when therapy was discontinued. Streptobacillus moniliformis was cultured from the patient's blood.
D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011906:Rat-Bite Fever / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D051381:Rats; D013288:Streptobacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification