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  • Title: Rat-bite fever: a cautionary tale.
    Author: Sakalkale R, Mansell C, Whalley D, Wisnewski-Smith K, Harte D, Reeve P.
    Journal: N Z Med J; 2007 May 18; 120(1254):U2545. PubMed ID: 17515945.
    Abstract:
    We present the first ever report of streptobacillary rat-bite fever in New Zealand. The patient was a young man who was admitted with systemic sepsis. He presented with a high fever, hypotension, and tender axillary lymphadenopathy. He had been bitten by a rat a week earlier. Blood cultures grew Streptobacillus moniliformis, thus confirming the diagnosis. The literature on rat-bite fever is also reviewed.
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