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Streptobacillosis
Estreptobacilose
CategoryDefinition
Streptobacillary rat-bite fever is a systemic zoonosis caused by the aerobic Gram-negative bacterium Streptobacillus moniliformis and is transmitted to humans through the bites and scratches of infected rats, and is associated with a morbilliform or purpuric rash of the extremities and frequently migratory polyarthralgia of the joints . Some people develop disseminated infections involving the lungs, heart or brain.
Inclusions
- Epidemic arthritic erythema
- Haverhill fever
- Streptobacillary rat-bite fever
Index Terms
StreptobacillosisRat-bite fever due to Streptobacillus moniliformisHaverhill feverStreptobacillary rat-bite feverErythema arthriticum epidemicumEpidemic arthritic erythema