ReviewBMC infectious diseases2021
Rat bite fever with osteomyelitis and discitis: case report and literature review.
Review in BMC infectious diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Article
- Delayed Emergency Department Diagnosis of Rat-Bite Fever.Case reports in infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Atypical rat bite fever associated with knee joint infection in a Chinese patient: a case report.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- [New awareness for zoonoses using the example of rat bite fever : Case report and literature review].Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Review
- A rare case ofSurgical neurology international · 2024Article
- Septic arthritis complicatingFrontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Rat-Bite Fever due to the genusAIMS microbiology · 2024Review
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- Septic Polyarthritis Caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis.Emerging infectious diseases · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundRat bite fever (RBF) is a rare systemic febrile illness transmitted by rats. Streptobacillus moniliformis is a pleomorphic Gram-negative bacillus which is the usual etiologic organism for rat bite fever in the United States. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we present a case of rat bite fever complicated by vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis. The patient revealed an exposure history of being bitten by pet rats. The patient's symptoms dramatically improved with a six-week course of cephalexin therapy.
conclusionsIt is important to obtain a thorough zoonotic exposure history and maintain rat bite fever in the differential when considering potential causes of discitis and osteomyelitis.
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