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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2018-07-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/7/17-1580_article |
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