Rat-bite fever

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 319-321

  van Nood, E ^a   Peters, S H A ^a  

^a Flevoziekenhuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Rat; Rat bite fever; Streptobacillus moniliformis

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BLOOD CULTURE; CYTOMEGALY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RASH; RAT BITE FEVER; RIGOR; SKIN DISCOLORATION; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RAT-BITE FEVER; RATS; STREPTOBACILLUS;

EID: 26044482713     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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