Toe Gangrene Revealing Septicaemical Rat-bite Fever: About a 41 Day Old Infant
Ouajid Bakkali, S. Benchekroun, A. Asermouh, F. Benbrahim, N. Elhafidi & C. Mahraoui · Asian Journal of Pediatric Research · 2020
Rat-bite fever (RBF) is a systemic infectious disease. It is due to Streptobacillus moniliformis, a commensal bacterium of the nasopharyngeal mucosa of small rodents, in particular rats. This anthropozoonosis is rare in urban areas. The first clinical sign of infection is a fever...
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10.9734/ajpr/2020/v3i230126