Rat-bite fever

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• Synonyms

  • Sodoku
  • Haverhill fever

• Causes

  • Spirillum minus
  • Streptobacillus

• Effects

  • Slow healing ulcer
  • Fever
  • Arthralgia
  • Infectious encephalitis
  • Bacterial endocarditis

• Parents

  • Zoonosis

• Treatments

  • Penicillin

• Description

  • "Caught from rodents Transmitted by two bacteriae: 1) gram-negative coiled rod Spirillum minus. Found in Japan- Soduko fever 2)Streptobacillus More severe and can be fatal from endocarditis and encephalitis - Haverhill fever. "