title: Septic arthritis and concern for osteomyelitis in a child with rat bite fever.
abstract: Rat bite fever is a rare infection usually caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis. A case of septic arthritis and possible osteomyelitis as sequelae of rat bite fever in a pediatric patient is described.
authors.affiliation: Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware, USA. vtdus10@gmail.com
authors.forename: Dustin D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Flannery
authors.forename: Ibukunoluwa
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Akinboyo
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ty
authors.forename: Lauren W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Averill
authors.forename: Abigail
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Freedman
mesh_terms: D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D006615:Hip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D011906:Rat-Bite Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D013288:Streptobacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
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