A Japanese patient with a rare case of Streptobacillus moniliformis bacteremia.
Streptobacillus moniliformis is the etiological agent of rat-bite fever, a rare disease in Asia that is difficult to diagnose. We describe an elderly patient living in rat-infested conditions who presented with severe sepsis. He was successfully treated with meropenem, and blood culture revealed infection with S. moniliformis.
Advanced Medical Emergency and Critical Care Center, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Maebashi, Japan; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tenri Hospital, Nara, Japan. Electronic address: okamori@tenriyorozu.jp.
Satoshi
S
Okamori
Advanced Medical Emergency and Critical Care Center, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Maebashi, Japan.
Minoru
M
Nakano
Advanced Medical Emergency and Critical Care Center, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Maebashi, Japan.
Mitsunobu
M
Nakamura
Advanced Medical Emergency and Critical Care Center, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Maebashi, Japan.
Eiji
E
Takahashi
Advanced Medical Emergency and Critical Care Center, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Maebashi, Japan.
Toshikazu
T
Hasuike
Advanced Medical Emergency and Critical Care Center, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Maebashi, Japan.
Yoshihiko
Y
Nakamura
Department of Gastroenterology, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Maebashi, Japan.
Daisuke
D
Aizawa
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D044466:Asian People; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000077731:Meropenem; D011906:Rat-Bite Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D051381:Rats; D013288:Streptobacillus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013845:Thienamycins / Q000627:therapeutic use
D013845:Thienamycins; D000077731:Meropenem
Rat-bite fever; Severe sepsis; Streptobacillus moniliformis