Rat-bite fever: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:37, 30 July 2020

Disease caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis in North America and Europe and Spirillum minus in Asia

	Streptobacillus moniliformis	Spirillum minus
Organism	Gram-negative bacillus	Gram-negative coiled rod
Distribution	North America and Europe	Asia
Mode of transmission	Rate bite, ingestion	Rat bite
Clinical syndrome	Arthritis Rash Relapsing fever	Ulceration at bite Regional lymphadenopathy Rash Relapsing fever
Complications		More endocarditis
Diagnosis	Culture, PCR	Direct visualization, xenodiagnosis
Therapy	Penicillin G	Penicillin G

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-* Disease caused by ''[[Streptobacillus moniliformis]]'' in the North America and Europe and ''[[Spirillum minus]]'' in Asia
+*Disease caused by ''[[Streptobacillus moniliformis]]'' in North America and Europe and ''[[Spirillum minus]]'' in Asia
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 !
-! ''Strep. moniliformis''
+!''[[Streptobacillus moniliformis]]''
-! ''Sp. minus''
+!''[[Spirillum minus]]''
 |-
-| Organism
+|Organism
-| Gram-negative bacillus
+|Gram-negative bacillus
-| Gram-negative coiled rod
+|Gram-negative coiled rod
 |-
-| Distribution
+|Distribution
-| North America and Europe
+|North America and Europe
-| Asia
+|Asia
 |-
-| Mode of transmission
+|Mode of transmission
-| Rate bite, ingestion
+|Rate bite, ingestion
-| Rat bite
+|Rat bite
 |-
-| Clinical syndrome
+|Clinical syndrome
-| Arthritis<br />Rash<br />Relapsing fever
+|Arthritis<br />Rash<br />Relapsing fever
-| Ulceration at bite<br />Regional lymphadenopathy<br />Rash<br />Relapsing fever
+|Ulceration at bite<br />Regional lymphadenopathy<br />Rash<br />Relapsing fever
 |-
-| Complications
+|Complications
 |
-| More endocarditis
+|More endocarditis
 |-
-| Diagnosis
+|Diagnosis
-| Culture, PCR
+|Culture, PCR
-| Direct visualization, xenodiagnosis
+|Direct visualization, xenodiagnosis
 |-
-| Therapy
+|Therapy
-| Penicillin G
+|Penicillin G
-| Penicillin G
+|Penicillin G
 |}