Details:

Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Eisenberg, Tobias ; Poignant, Simon ; Jouan, Youenn ; Fawzy, Ahmad ; Nicklas, Werner ; ... More +
Eisenberg, Tobias ; Poignant, Simon ; Jouan, Youenn ; Fawzy, Ahmad ; Nicklas, Werner ; Ewers, Christa ; Mereghetti, Laurent ; Guillon, Antoine Less -
Description:
We report acute tetraplegia caused by rat bite fever in a 59-year old man (snake keeper) and transmission of Streptobacillus moniliformis. We found an identical characteristic bacterial pattern in rat and human samples, which validated genotyping-based evidence for infection with the same strain, and identified diagnostic difficulties concerning infection with this microorganism.
Subject:
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Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination
Animal Husbandry
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques
Quadriplegia
Rat-Bite Fever
Rats
Snakes
Streptobacillus

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 23(4):719-721.
Pubmed ID:
28322713
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5367424
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
France
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:1cf13a9268d6ab34b2348f5a4b8347dcbdd8265f1db07811051643c07df00299
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