STREPTOBACILLUS-MONILIFORMIS INFECTION - 2 CASES AND A LITERATURE-REVIEW

Authors
HAGELSKJAER L SORENSEN I RANDERS E
Citation
L. Hagelskjaer et al., STREPTOBACILLUS-MONILIFORMIS INFECTION - 2 CASES AND A LITERATURE-REVIEW, Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, 30(3), 1998, pp. 309-311
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365548
Volume
30
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
309 - 311
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5548(1998)30:3<309:SI-2CA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Two cases of Streptobacillus moniliformis infection are reported in fa rmers bitten by rats during their work, One patient had a subcutaneous abscess requiring surgical treatment and the other streptobacillary r at bite fever. Streptobacillus moniliformis was isolated from pus and blood, respectively, An erythromycin course failed to eradicate the in fection in the first patient. Both patients were successfully treated with penicillin.