Rat bite fever: Three case reports and a literature review

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-295

  Freels, Liane K ^a   Elliott, Sean P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RASH; RAT BITE FEVER; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOBACILLUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; PENICILLINS; RAT-BITE FEVER; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4143148409     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280404300313     Document Type: Review

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