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Rat-bite fever as a cause of septic arthritis: a diagnostic dilemma.

dc.contributor.authorRumley, Richard L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPatrone, Nicholas A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Lindseyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-28T15:45:23Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-17T00:20:02Z
dc.date.available2011-04-28T15:45:23Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-05-17T00:20:02Z
dc.date.issued1987-10en_US
dc.description.abstractRat-bite fever results from an infection with the organism Streptobacillus moniliformis. Symptomatic patients often present with fever, malaise, cough, maculopapular rash, and occasional arthritis, and usually have a history of rodent exposure. This report describes a patient with rat-bite fever resulting in suppurative arthritis. The patient's diagnosis was made by culture of S moniliformis from his left wrist. The diagnosis was delayed, however, owing to the lack of an exposure history, atypical clinical presentation, and the unusual microbiologic characteristics shown by this organism. Originally published Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Vol. 46, No. 10, Oct 1987en_US
dc.identifier.citationAnnals of the Rheumatic Diseases; 46:10 p. 793-795en_US
dc.identifier.pmidPMC1003391en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/3392en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.relation.urihttp://ard.bmj.com/content/by/year/1987en_US
dc.rightsAuthor notified of opt-out rights by Cammie Jennings prior to upload of this article.en_US
dc.subjectStreptobacillus moniliformisen_US
dc.titleRat-bite fever as a cause of septic arthritis: a diagnostic dilemma.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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