Fatal Rat Bite Fever in A Pet Shop Employee

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-360

  Shvartsblat, Steve ^a,e   Kochie, Mary ^b   Harber, Philip ^a   Howard, John ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Industrial Relations   (United States)

^c Div of Occup Safety and Health   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Pet stores; Rat bite fever; Streptobaccillus moniliformis; Zoonotic infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATION; ENDOCARDITIS; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RAT BITE FEVER; SEPSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BITES AND STINGS; ENDOCARDITIS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RAT-BITE FEVER; RATS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 1842781053     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10359     Document Type: Article

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