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Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
; 25(2): 135-8, 1992.
Artículo
en Portugués
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1308939
RESUMEN
Rat-bite fever results from an infection with the organism Spirillum minus. The authors report a symptomatic patient with fever, malaise, and ulcer in forehead after a rodent exposure. The organism was identified in darkfield examination of the ulcer exudate. Penicillin was the drug used with clinical improvement of symptoms.