Septic arthritis complicating Streptobacillus moniliformis rat bite fever: a case report and review of its pathophysiology and diagnosis.

ABSTRACT: Rat bite fever is characterized by a clinical triad of symptoms, fever, rash and arthritis. It is transmitted by rodents and mainly due to infection by Streptobacillus moniliformis, a fastidious bacterium carried by Rattus norvegicus. This case report presents the case of a patient who developed septic arthritis and fever after a wild rat bite, with subsequent isolation of S. moniliformis from the joint fluid. Upon reviewing 45 other published case reports of S. moniliformis osteoarticular infections following contact with either a rat or its secretions, it was firstly observed that the rat bite fever clinical triad was incomplete in over half of the cases, mainly because rash was infrequently observed among adult patients. Secondly, the clinical presentation of

SUBMITTER: Giraudon E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11390419 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature