Rat-bite fever

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Streptobacillary fever; Streptobacillosis; Haverhill fever; Epidemic arthritic erythema; Spirillary fever; Sodoku

• Fever
• Chills
• Headache
• Muscle aches
• Rash -- may be red/purple plaques in sodoku
• Arthritis (singe or multiple large joints) -- less common in sodoku
• Open sore at the site of initial bite in sodoku

Diagnosis is made by detection of the organism in skin, blood, joint fluid, or lymph nodes. Blood antibody tests may also be used.

Review Date: 11/27/2006
Reviewed By: D. Scott Smith, M.D., MSc, DTM&H, Chief of Infectious Disease & Geographic Medicine, Kaiser Redwood City, CA & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Stanford University. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.