Streptobacillus moniliformis Bacteremia in a Pet Shop Employee: Case Report and Literature Review | Zendy

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Streptobacillus moniliformis Bacteremia in a Pet Shop Employee: Case Report and Literature Review

Author(s) -

Kiyozumi Suzuki,

Yuji Hirai,

Fujiko Morita,

Ayako Nakamura,

Yuki Uehara,

Toshio Naito

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofx038

Subject(s) - bacteremia , medicine , pet imaging , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , positron emission tomography , nuclear medicine , biology , antibiotics

A 39-year-old pet shop employee who sustained a bite from one of his store's rats developed fever and arthritis. was cultured from the patient's blood, confirming a diagnosis of rat-bite fever. Treatment with standard antibiotics was successful. Although rat-bite fever is commonly considered a zoonosis transmitted by wild or laboratory rats, our case emphasizes that it may be transmitted by pet animals as well.

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