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Septic Polyarthritis Caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis.

ABSTRACT: Streptobacillus moniliformis is a pleomorphic, fastidious gram-negative bacillus that colonizes rodent respiratory tracts and causes rat-bite fever in humans. Rat-bite fever is associated with septic arthritis, usually monoarticular or pauciarticular. We report a rare case of polyarticular septic arthritis caused by S. moniliformis; the disease was initially misdiagnosed as inflammatory arthritis.

SUBMITTER: Uddin A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8632173 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Septic Polyarthritis Caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis.

Uddin Ali A Phan Tung T Yassin Mohamed M

Emerging infectious diseases 20210101 12

Streptobacillus moniliformis is a pleomorphic, fastidious gram-negative bacillus that colonizes rodent respiratory tracts and causes rat-bite fever in humans. Rat-bite fever is associated with septic arthritis, usually monoarticular or pauciarticular. We report a rare case of polyarticular septic arthritis caused by S. moniliformis; the disease was initially misdiagnosed as inflammatory arthritis. ...[more]

PMID: 34808096

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