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Jacob Karsh - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Haverhill Fever with spine involvement
The Journal of Rheumatology, 2006Co-Authors: Hani Abdulaziz, Claire Touchie, Baldwin Toye, Jacob KarshAbstract:Haverhill Fever and rat-bite Fever are closely-related syndromes caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis. This infection is characterized by the abrupt onset of Fever with rigors, myalgias, headache, polyarthritis, and rash. We report a case of infection with S. moniliformis that manifested as acute polyarthritis with involvement of the spine. To our knowledge, involvement of the spine has not been reported previously with this infection. Diagnosis can be particularly difficult in the absence of Fever or obvious exposure to rodents, as in our case. A high degree of awareness is necessary to make the diagnosis of this potentially fatal infection, which is easily treatable.
Hani Abdulaziz - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Haverhill Fever with spine involvement
The Journal of Rheumatology, 2006Co-Authors: Hani Abdulaziz, Claire Touchie, Baldwin Toye, Jacob KarshAbstract:Haverhill Fever and rat-bite Fever are closely-related syndromes caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis. This infection is characterized by the abrupt onset of Fever with rigors, myalgias, headache, polyarthritis, and rash. We report a case of infection with S. moniliformis that manifested as acute polyarthritis with involvement of the spine. To our knowledge, involvement of the spine has not been reported previously with this infection. Diagnosis can be particularly difficult in the absence of Fever or obvious exposure to rodents, as in our case. A high degree of awareness is necessary to make the diagnosis of this potentially fatal infection, which is easily treatable.
H. Harris - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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RAT BITE Fever CAUSED BY SPIRILLUM MINUS TREATED WITH PENICILLIN:€€Report of a Case
2008Co-Authors: H. HarrisAbstract:Rat bite Fever can be caused by either Spirillum minus (Spirochaeta morsus muris) or by Streptobacillus moniliformis (Haverhillia multiformis). Sodoku, or rat bite Fever caused by S. minus, is produced only by the bite of a rat or other animal carrying the organism. On the other hand, infection with S. moniliformis may be caused by a rat bite or may follow the ingestion of contaminated food. This type of infection has also been called Haverhill Fever. Brown and Nunemaker 1 showed that the symptoms and course of the two diseases may be similar. However, Rosen and Denzer,2 Larson 3 and Allbritten and his associates4 have asserted that characteristic differential features exist. Allbritten and his associates summarized these differences in the following manner: It appears that Fevers caused by H. multiformis are characterized by arthritis and a small macular rash, as compared with rare involvement of the joints and a papular or large macular eruption when S. minus is concerned. When infection with H. multiformis has followed the bite of a rat there may be no exacerbation of the wound, lcukocytosis is common and the period of incubation is apt to be brief. The clinical picture of rat bite Fever caused by S. minus is as follows : Following
Baldwin Toye - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Haverhill Fever with spine involvement
The Journal of Rheumatology, 2006Co-Authors: Hani Abdulaziz, Claire Touchie, Baldwin Toye, Jacob KarshAbstract:Haverhill Fever and rat-bite Fever are closely-related syndromes caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis. This infection is characterized by the abrupt onset of Fever with rigors, myalgias, headache, polyarthritis, and rash. We report a case of infection with S. moniliformis that manifested as acute polyarthritis with involvement of the spine. To our knowledge, involvement of the spine has not been reported previously with this infection. Diagnosis can be particularly difficult in the absence of Fever or obvious exposure to rodents, as in our case. A high degree of awareness is necessary to make the diagnosis of this potentially fatal infection, which is easily treatable.
Claire Touchie - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Haverhill Fever with spine involvement
The Journal of Rheumatology, 2006Co-Authors: Hani Abdulaziz, Claire Touchie, Baldwin Toye, Jacob KarshAbstract:Haverhill Fever and rat-bite Fever are closely-related syndromes caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis. This infection is characterized by the abrupt onset of Fever with rigors, myalgias, headache, polyarthritis, and rash. We report a case of infection with S. moniliformis that manifested as acute polyarthritis with involvement of the spine. To our knowledge, involvement of the spine has not been reported previously with this infection. Diagnosis can be particularly difficult in the absence of Fever or obvious exposure to rodents, as in our case. A high degree of awareness is necessary to make the diagnosis of this potentially fatal infection, which is easily treatable.
