rat-bite fever…

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streptobacillary fever, streptobacillosis, haverhill fever, epidemic arthritic erythema, spirillary fever, sodoku, rat-bite fever, infectious disease transmitted, in the secretions, the mouth, nose, urine of an infected rodent, rat-bite fever, two different organisms, streptobacillusmoniliformis, spirillum minus, rare in north, south america, most people acquire rat-bite fever, contact, urine, oral, mouth, conjunctival, eye, nose, secretions, infected animal, most commonly occurs via a bite, yet some cases, occur simply, contact, secretions, source, the infection, rat, animals squirrels, weasels, gerbils, source, in rat-bite fever, due to streptobacillus moniliformis, fever, chills, headache, muscle pain, occur, 10 days of exposure, followed, three days by a diffuse rash, primarily, in the extremities, several large joints, become swollen, red, painful, untreated, severe complications, infection, the heart valves, illness, spirillum minus is common in asia, particularly japan, where it, sodoku, in this form of rat-bite fever, a particular skin rash characterized by red, purple plaques is frequently, previously healed wound, site, the bite, reactivate, open, joint involvement is rare, fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, rash, red/purple plaques in sodoku, arthritis, singe, multiple large joints, less common in sodoku, open sore, site of initial bite in sodoku, diagnosis is made by detection, the organism in skin, blood, joint fluid, lymph nodes, blood antibody tests, rat-bite fever, antibiotic therapy, prescribe penicillin, tetracyclines, 7-10 days, prognosis is excellent, early treatment, pericarditis, endocarditis, parotitis, inflammation, the parotid glands, inflammation, the tendons, tenosynovitis, abscesses, the brain, soft tissue, child has had recent contact, a rat, rodents, particularly person was bitten, has symptoms of rat-bite fever, avoiding contact, rats, rat-contaminated dwellings, prevent rat-bite fever, a course of oral antibiotics following a rat bite, prevent this illness.