Eisenberg T, Poignant S, Jouan Y, Fawzy A, Nicklas W, Ewers C, Mereghetti L, Guillon A. Acute Tetraplegia Caused by Rat Bite Fever in Snake Keeper and Transmission of Streptobacillus moniliformis.
Emerg Infect Dis 2018;
23:719-721. [PMID:
28322713 PMCID:
PMC5367424 DOI:
10.3201/eid2304.161987]
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Abstract
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.
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