Rat-bite fever: a cautionary tale.
We present the first ever report of streptobacillary rat-bite fever in New Zealand. The patient was a young man who was admitted with systemic sepsis. He presented with a high fever, hypotension, and tender axillary lymphadenopathy. He had been bitten by a rat a week earlier. Blood cultures grew Streptobacillus moniliformis, thus confirming the diagnosis. The literature on rat-bite fever is also reviewed.
Sakalkale
Renukadas
R
Department of Medicine, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton.
Mansell
Chris
C
Whalley
Deborah
D
Wisnewski-Smith
Kim
K
Harte
David
D
Reeve
Paul
P
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011906:Rat-Bite Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D051381:Rats; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents