A case of rat bite fever in a 12‐year‐old boy

Costa-Pinto, Jessica; Morley, Carla; Hauser, Simon P.

doi:10.1111/jpc.13320

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“…6,15 Although most pediatric studies report the classic presentation of RBF with fever, rash and polyarthritis, presentation with 1 or 2 of those symptoms were more common in our study among confirmed and suspected cases. 3,12,13,[16][17][18] None of our patients had complicated disease (endocarditis, acute kidney injury, HLH, abscesses) as reported in other studies. 9,10 As with most pediatric studies, knees were the most commonly involved joint in our population, followed by wrists and ankles.…”

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Rat Bite Fever: Variability in Clinical Presentation and Management in Children

Hadvani

Vallejo

Dutta

2021

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

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Rat Bite Fever: Variability in Clinical Presentation and Management in Children

Hadvani

Vallejo

Dutta

2021

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

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“…There were 87 cases identified from review of the literature over the period 2005 to 2020 1,3–77 . Children (aged <18 years) accounted for 28 (32%) of 87 patients, including 4 infants.…”

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Rat-Bite Fever Due to Streptobacillus moniliformis

Croker

Prudence

Wilson

et al. 2021

Infect Dis Clin Pract

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Introduction: Rat-bite fever due to Streptobacillus moniliformis is an uncommon infection, which seems to have been increasingly diagnosed in the Hunter New England-Central Coast area of New South Wales, Australia, in recent years.Method: A case series was presented and a review of the literature since 2007 was performed.Results: Our case series includes 11 patients with a median age of 27 years (range, 8-61 years), all of whom were diagnosed with bacteremia. All patients reported rat exposure, although only 4 of 11 were bitten. Common features included fever, rash, joint pains, headache, and vomiting. Patients were mostly treated with 2 to 4 weeks of antibiotic therapy; complications were rare with resolution of symptoms at last follow-up in most cases. There have been 87 patients with rat-bite fever described in the literature since 2007. Clinical findings were similar to our case series although complications, particularly endocarditis and septic arthritis, occurred in approximately a third of cases. Conclusions:The case series and literature review of rat-bite fever describe a characteristic clinical picture with fever, arthritis, and rash; a history of rat exposure is supportive, and blood cultures with current laboratory techniques are usually diagnostic.

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A case of rat bite fever in a 12‐year‐old boy

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Rat Bite Fever: Variability in Clinical Presentation and Management in Children

Rat Bite Fever: Variability in Clinical Presentation and Management in Children

Rat-Bite Fever Due to Streptobacillus moniliformis

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