Systemic vasculitis following an unreported rat bite

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 605-606

  Tattersall, R S ^a   Bourne, J T ^a  

^a CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; COLCHICINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BITE; CASE REPORT; FEVER; GOUT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RAT BITE FEVER; REHYDRATION; STREPTOBACILLUS; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, GOUTY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RAT-BITE FEVER; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0037532940     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.7.605     Document Type: Article

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