Rat bite fever, Streptobacillus moniliformis

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-22

  Elliott, Sean P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; AZTREONAM; BACITRACIN; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFALOTIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; POLYMYXIN B; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTHRALGIA; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RAT BITE FEVER; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RIGOR; SEROLOGY; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS; SYMPTOM;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; HUMANS; MICE; RAT-BITE FEVER; RATS; STREPTOBACILLUS;

RATTUS; RODENTIA; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS;

EID: 33846516329     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.00016-06     Document Type: Review

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