Rat-bite fever.
A 23-year-old woman presented with fever, arthralgias and a skin rash. She possessed nine pet rats, and denied that she had been bitten. Blood culture was positive for Streptobacillus moniliformis, which can cause rat-bite fever. The patient fully recovered after treatment with clarithromycin.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Flevoziekenhuis, Almere, the Netherlands.
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D045825:Fusobacteriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011906:Rat-Bite Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*; D051381:Rats; D013288:Streptobacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification*