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Article Dans Une Revue Emerging Infectious Diseases Année : 2017

Acute tetraplegia caused by Rat Bite Fever in snake keeper and transmission of Streptobacillus moniliformis

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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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hal-02625170 , version 1 (26-05-2020)

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Tobias Eisenberg, Simon Poignant, Youenn Jouan, Ahmad Fawzy, Werner Nicklas, et al.. Acute tetraplegia caused by Rat Bite Fever in snake keeper and transmission of Streptobacillus moniliformis. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017, 23 (4), pp.719-721. ⟨10.3201/eid2304.161987⟩. ⟨hal-02625170⟩
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