Acute Tetraplegia Caused by Rat Bite Fever in Snake Keeper and Transmission of Streptobacillus moniliformis.

Eisenberg, Tobias; Poignant, Simon; Jouan, Youenn; Fawzy, Ahmad; Nicklas, Werner; Ewers, Christa; Mereghetti, Laurent; Guillon, Antoine

Eisenberg, Tobias; Poignant, Simon; Jouan, Youenn; Fawzy, Ahmad; Nicklas, Werner; Ewers, Christa; Mereghetti, Laurent; Guillon, Antoine.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 23(4): 719-721, 2017 04.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28322713

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

We report acute tetraplegia caused by rat bite fever in a 59-year old man (snake keeper) and transmission of Streptobacillus moniliformis. We found an identical characteristic bacterial pattern in rat and human samples, which validated genotyping-based evidence for infection with the same strain, and identified diagnostic difficulties concerning infection with this microorganism.

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Cuadriplejía/etiología; Fiebre por Mordedura de Rata/complicaciones; Streptobacillus/aislamiento & purificación; Combinación Amoxicilina-Clavulanato de Potasio/uso terapéutico; Crianza de Animales Domésticos; Animales; Antibacterianos/uso terapéutico; Humanos; Masculino; Persona de Mediana Edad; Técnicas de Amplificación de Ácido Nucleico; Fiebre por Mordedura de Rata/tratamiento farmacológico; Ratas; Serpientes

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France; PCR; Streptobacillus moniliformis; acute tetraplegia; bacteria; multilocus variant analysis; rat bite fever; rats; reptiles; snake keeper; snakes; species specificity; transmission; variable number tandem repeat analysis; zoonoses

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Texto completo: 1 Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Cuadriplejía / Fiebre por Mordedura de Rata / Streptobacillus Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Animals / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Emerg Infect Dis Asunto de la revista: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Article

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