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PRO/AH/EDR> Rat bite fever – France: quadraplegia

Fever -- FranceHuman infections by _Streptobacillus moniliformis_ are assumed to be caused by rats on the basis of epidemiologic information. We provide genotyping-based evidence for infection with the same bacterial strain in rat and human samples and highlight diagnostic difficulties concerning this microorganism and its potential for life-threatening consequences.A 59-year-old man was admitted to Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours (Tours, France) because he was unable to stand and had acute Read more [...]