Issue: 2005 > September > case report

Rat-bite fever



CASE REPORT
E. van Nood, S.H.A. Peters
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Abstract

A 23-year-old woman presented with fever, arthralgias
and a skin rash. She possessed nine pet rats, and denied
that she had been bitten. Blood culture was positive for
<i>Streptobacillus moniliformis</i>, which can cause rat-bite fever. The patient fully recovered after treatment with clarithromycin.