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{{SK}} Spirillum minus rat bite fever; spirochaeta morsus minus; spirochaeta muris; sokosho; sodoku.


==[[Rat-bite fever overview|Overview]]==
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==[[Rat-bite fever pathophysiology|Pathophysiology]]==
==[[Rat-bite fever pathophysiology|Pathophysiology]]==


==[[Rat-bite fever epidemiology and demographics|Epidemiology & Demographics]]==
==[[Rat-bite fever epidemiology and demographics|Epidemiology and Demographics]]==


==[[Rat-bite fever risk factors|Risk Factors]]==
==[[Rat-bite fever risk factors|Risk Factors]]==
==[[Rat-bite fever screening|Screening]]==


==[[Rat-bite fever causes|Causes]]==
==[[Rat-bite fever causes|Causes]]==


==[[Rat-bite fever differential diagnosis|Differentiating Rat-bite fever]]==
==[[Rat-bite fever differential diagnosis|Differentiating Rat-bite fever from other Diseases]]==


==[[Rat-bite fever natural history|Complications & Prognosis]]==
==[[Rat-bite fever natural history, complications and prognosis|Natural History, Complications and Prognosis]]==


==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
[[Rat-bite fever history and symptoms|History and Symptoms]] | [[Rat-bite fever physical examination|Physical Examination]] | [[Rat-bite fever laboratory tests|Laboratory tests]] | [[Rat-bite fever electrocardiogram|Electrocardiogram]]  | [[Rat-bite fever x ray|X Rays]] | [[Rat-bite fever CT|CT]] | [[Rat-bite fever MRI|MRI]] [[Rat-bite fever echocardiography or ultrasound|Echocardiography or Ultrasound]] | [[Rat-bite fever other imaging findings|Other images]] | [[Rat-bite fever other diagnostic studies|Alternative diagnostics]]
[[Rat-bite fever history and symptoms|History and Symptoms]] | [[Rat-bite fever physical examination|Physical Examination]] | [[Rat-bite fever laboratory findings|Laboratory Findings]] | [[Rat-bite fever imaging findings|Imaging Findings]] | [[Rat-bite fever other diagnostic studies|Other Diagnostic Studies]]
 
==Treatment==
[[Rat-bite fever medical therapy|Medical therapy]] | [[Rat-bite fever surgery|Surgical options]] | [[Rat-bite fever primary prevention|Primary prevention]]  | [[Rat-bite fever secondary prevention|Secondary prevention]] | [[Rat-bite fever cost-effectiveness of therapy|Financial costs]] | [[Rat-bite fever future or investigational therapies|Future therapies]]


==Treatment==
==Treatment==
Responds to [[penicillin]] antibiotics or where allergic to this [[erythromycin]] or [[tetracyclines]] for repectively streptobacillary or spirillary infections.
[[Rat-bite fever medical therapy|Medical Therapy]] | [[Rat-bite fever primary prevention|Prevention]] | [[Rat-bite fever cost-effectiveness of therapy|Cost-effectiveness of Therapy]] | [[Rat-bite fever future or investigational therapies|Future or Investigational Therapies]]
 
==Prevention==
Whilst obviously preventable by staying away from rodents, otherwise hands and face should be washed after contact and any scratches both cleaned and antiseptics applied.
 
==References==
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/ratbitefever_g.htm


==External links==
==Related Chapters==
*[http://www.chclibrary.org/micromed/00063170.html Rat-bite fever description]<br>
* [[Streptobacillus moniliformis]]
*[http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5351a2.htm Case report of fatal incidence in the USA]
* [[Spirillum minus]]
*[http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp?requestURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/rat-bite_fever.jsp Rat-bite fever (healthAtoZ.com)]
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Synonyms and keywords: Spirillum minus rat bite fever; spirochaeta morsus minus; spirochaeta muris; sokosho; sodoku.

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