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Streptobacillary rat-bite fever

MedGen UID:
508864
•Concept ID:
C0152063
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Epidemic arthritic erythema; Erythema arthriticum epidemicum; Haverhill fever; Rat-bite fever due to Streptobacillus moniliformis; Streptobacillary fever; streptobacillary rat-bite fever; Streptobacillosis
SNOMED CT: Erythema arthriticum epidemicum (52138004); Streptobacillary rat-bite fever (52138004); Streptobacillary fever (52138004); Haverhill fever (52138004); Rat-bite fever due to Streptobacillus moniliformis (52138004); Epidemic arthritic erythema (52138004)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0020533
Orphanet: ORPHA99905

Definition

Streptobacillary rat-bite fever (RBF) is a systemic zoonosis caused by the aerobic Gram-negative bacterium <i>Streptobacillus moniliformis</i> and is transmitted to humans through the bites and scratches of infected rats. [from ORDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVStreptobacillary rat-bite fever

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Streptobacillus moniliformis septic arthritis: a clinical entity distinct from rat-bite fever?
Wang TK, Wong SS
BMC Infect Dis 2007 Jun 11;7:56. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-56. PMID: 17561996Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Streptobacillus moniliformis septic arthritis: a clinical entity distinct from rat-bite fever?
Wang TK, Wong SS
BMC Infect Dis 2007 Jun 11;7:56. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-56. PMID: 17561996Free PMC Article
Rat-bite fever: a cautionary tale.
Sakalkale R, Mansell C, Whalley D, Wisnewski-Smith K, Harte D, Reeve P
N Z Med J 2007 May 18;120(1254):U2545. PMID: 17515945
Streptobacillary rat-bite fever: a pediatric problem.
Raffin BJ, Freemark M
Pediatrics 1979 Aug;64(2):214-7. PMID: 112571

Therapy

Streptobacillus moniliformis septic arthritis: a clinical entity distinct from rat-bite fever?
Wang TK, Wong SS
BMC Infect Dis 2007 Jun 11;7:56. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-56. PMID: 17561996Free PMC Article
Rat-bite fever: a cautionary tale.
Sakalkale R, Mansell C, Whalley D, Wisnewski-Smith K, Harte D, Reeve P
N Z Med J 2007 May 18;120(1254):U2545. PMID: 17515945
Streptobacillary rat-bite fever: a pediatric problem.
Raffin BJ, Freemark M
Pediatrics 1979 Aug;64(2):214-7. PMID: 112571
Streptobacillary rat-bite fever with massive pericardial effusion.
Carbeck RB, Murphy JF, Britt EM
JAMA 1967 Aug 28;201(9):703-4. PMID: 5340333

Prognosis

Streptobacillus moniliformis septic arthritis: a clinical entity distinct from rat-bite fever?
Wang TK, Wong SS
BMC Infect Dis 2007 Jun 11;7:56. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-56. PMID: 17561996Free PMC Article
Streptobacillus moniliformis infection: 2 cases and a literature review.
Hagelskjaer L, Sørensen I, Randers E
Scand J Infect Dis 1998;30(3):309-11. doi: 10.1080/00365549850161016. PMID: 9790145
Streptobacillary rat-bite fever: a pediatric problem.
Raffin BJ, Freemark M
Pediatrics 1979 Aug;64(2):214-7. PMID: 112571

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