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  • Title: Rat bite fever in a pet lover.
    Author: Cunningham BB, Paller AS, Katz BZ.
    Journal: J Am Acad Dermatol; 1998 Feb; 38(2 Pt 2):330-2. PubMed ID: 9486709.
    Abstract:
    Rat-bite fever is an uncommon bacterial illness resulting from infection with Streptobacillus moniliformis that is often transmitted by the bite of a rat. The cutaneous findings in rat-bite fever are nonspecific but have been described as maculopapular or petechial. We describe a 9-year-old girl with acrally distributed hemorrhagic pustules, fever, and arthralgias. Diagnosis was delayed because of difficulty in identifying the pathologic organism. She was successfully treated with 10 days of ceftriaxone.
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