Rat bite fever after being bitten by a pet rat;Rattenbeetziekte na een beet van een tamme huisrat

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 142, Issue 36, 1998, Pages 2006-2009

  Schuurman, B ^a,b,c   Van Griethuysen, A J ^a,b   Marcelis, J H ^a,b   Nijs, A M ^a,b  

^a CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^b Afd Interne Geneeskunde ^*

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BITE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT BITE FEVER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BITES AND STINGS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PENICILLIN G; RAT-BITE FEVER; RATS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; STREPTOBACILLUS;

EID: 0032486971     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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