title: Rat bite fever caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis in a child: human infection and rat carriage diagnosed by PCR.
abstract: A child owning pet rats developed an eruptive fever with blisters, polyarthritis, and spectacular desquamation of the hands. Streptobacillus moniliformis was identified after culture of the child's blister fluid and was detected in rat samples by molecular methods. Such detection in the pet of a human victim of rat bite fever has not been reported previously.
authors.affiliation: Service de Réanimation Pédiatrique, Hôpital Debrousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69322 Lyon cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Andre
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Freydiere
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Benito
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rousson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lansiaux
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kodjo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mazzocchi
authors.forename: J-C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Berthier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vandenesch
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Floret
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011906:Rat-Bite Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D051381:Rats; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis; D013288:Streptobacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification*