Rat bite fever: a case report of a Kenyan.
Abstract
Rat bite fever has not been reported from Kenya previously. A case of 17 year old Kenyan male who was diagnosed to have rat bite fever after a bite of domestic rat is described. The history, clinical features and demonstration of spirillum like organisms from a thick blood film suggest infection due to spirillum minus. The patient recovered completely after a course of penicillin and gentamicin.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1286642http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/30876
Citation
Rat bite fever: a case report of a Kenyan. Bhatt KM, Mirza NB. East Afr Med J. 1992 Sep;69(9):542-3. Review.Publisher
Medicine, University of Nairobi
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10377]