{"id":70949,"date":"2020-12-28T10:02:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T10:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=70949"},"modified":"2023-10-11T10:13:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T10:13:33","slug":"rat-bite-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/rat-bite-fever\/","title":{"rendered":"Rat-bite fever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A disease caused by a spirillum bacterium and spread by the bite of a rat.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A disease, contracted from the bite of a rat, due to infection by either the bacterium Spirillum minus, which causes ulceration of the skin and recurrent fever, or by the fungus Streptobacillus moniliformis, which causes inflammation of the skin, muscular pains, and vomiting. Both infections respond well to penicillin.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>An infectious disease following the bite of a rat. There are two causative bacteria Spirillum minus and Actinobacillus muris and the incubation period depends upon which is involved. In the case of the former it is 5\u201430 days; in the case of the latter it is 2-10 days. The disease is characterized by fever, a characteristic skin rash and often muscular or joint pains. It responds well to enicillin.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Either of two infectious diseases transmitted by the bite of a rat. One is caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis and is marked by skin inflammation, fever, chills, headache, vomiting, and back and joint pain. The other is caused by Spirillum minus and is associated with ulceration, rush, and recurrent fever. The latter disease is rare in the U.S.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-9\">\n<div class=\"p-4 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 gizmo:gap-3 gizmo:md:px-5 gizmo:lg:px-1 gizmo:xl:px-5 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] gizmo:md:max-w-3xl gizmo:lg:max-w-[40rem] gizmo:xl:max-w-[48rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 gizmo:w-full md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words overflow-x-auto\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>A persistent form of recurrent fever transmitted through rat bites, marked by gland inflammation, shivering, elevated body temperature, and a skin rash. It is also known as rat-bite disease, sodoku, and sokoshio.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A disease caused by a spirillum bacterium and spread by the bite of a rat. A disease, contracted from the bite of a rat, due to infection by either the bacterium Spirillum minus, which causes ulceration of the skin and recurrent fever, or by the fungus Streptobacillus moniliformis, which causes inflammation of the skin, muscular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-r"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rat-bite fever - Definition of Rat-bite fever<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A disease caused by a spirillum bacterium and spread by the bite of a rat.A disease, contracted from the bite of a rat, due to infection by either the bacterium Spirillum minus, which causes ulceration of the skin and recurrent fever, or by the fungus Streptobacillus moniliformis, which causes inflammation of the skin, muscular pains, and vomiting. Both infections respond well to penicillin.An infectious disease following the bite of a rat. There are two causative bacteria Spirillum minus and Actinobacillus muris and the incubation period depends upon which is involved. In the case of the former it is 5\u201430 days; in the case of the latter it is 2-10 days. The disease is characterized by fever, a characteristic skin rash and often muscular or joint pains. It responds well to enicillin.Either of two infectious diseases transmitted by the bite of a rat. One is caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis and is marked by skin inflammation, fever, chills, headache, vomiting, and back and joint pain. The other is caused by Spirillum minus and is associated with ulceration, rush, and recurrent fever. The latter disease is rare in the U.S.A persistent form of recurrent fever transmitted through rat bites, marked by gland inflammation, shivering, elevated body temperature, and a skin rash. 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