Rat bite fever

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-228

  Gaastra, Wim ^a   Boot, Ron ^b   Ho, Hoa T K ^c,d   Lipman, Len J A ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Haverhill fever; Rat bite fever; Spirillum minus; Streptobacillus moniliformis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; NOVARSENOBENZENE; PENICILLIN G; POLYMYXIN B; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARNIVORE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOCARDITIS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENETICS; HOST; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT BITE FEVER; REVIEW; RODENT; SEROLOGY; SPIRILLUM MINUS; STREPTOBACILLARY RAT BITE FEVER; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; RAT-BITE FEVER; RATS; SPIRILLUM; STREPTOBACILLUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MONILIFORMIS; RATTUS; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS;

EID: 57549093474     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.079     Document Type: Review

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