title: Streptobacillus moniliformis: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Streptobacillus moniliformis is one of the causes of rat bite fever. The clinical and microbiological diagnosis of this rare infectious disease is often quite problematic. Penicillin, in sufficiently high dosis, is the treatment of choice and leads to a prompt resolution of the infection, whereas lack of treatment leads to a 13% mortality rate. As far as we know, this paper reports the first human isolate in Belgium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Imeldaziekenhuis Bonheiden, Leuven, Belgium. johan.frans@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frans
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Verhaegen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Van Noyen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001530:Belgium; D003503:Cyclobutanes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011906:Rat-Bite Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D051381:Rats; D013288:Streptobacillus
chemical_list: D003503:Cyclobutanes; C008539:moniliformin