Rat-Bite Fever in Human with Streptobacillus notomytis Infection, Japan

Rat-Bite Fever in Human with Streptobacillus notomytis Infection, Japan

We report a case of rat-bite fever in a 94-year-old woman with Streptobacillus notomytis infection. We established an epidemiologic link between exposure to rats and human infection by performing nested PCRs that detected S. notomytis in the intraoral swab specimens obtained from rats captured in th...

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Main Authors: Yoshihiko Ogawa, Kei Kasahara, Sang-Tae Lee, Takamitsu Ito, Hideo Hasegawa, Sachie Hirose, Shigeru Santo, Atsushi Yoshida, Ryuichi Nakano, Hisakazu Yano, Keiichi Mikasa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
rat-bite fever
Streptobacillus notomytis
Streptobacillus moniliformis
16S ribosomal RNA gene
bacteria
zoonoses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/7/17-1580_article

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