RT Book, Section
A1 Rubin, Lorry G.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7027679
T1 Chapter 281. Rat-Bite Fever
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7027679
RD 2024/04/17
AB Rat-bite  fever  is  an  acute  febrile  illness  that  occurs  as  a  result  of  a  rodent  bite,  usually  a  rat.  Two  distinct  microorganisms,  Streptobacillus  moniliformis  and  Spirillum  minus,  the  agent  of  Soduka  in  Asia,1  cause  this  infection.  S  moniliformis,  the  main  etiologic  agent  of  rat-bite  fever,  is  a  fastidious,  gram-negative,  pleomorphic,  and  often  filamentous  and  beaded  facultative  anaerobic  bacillus.1,2