Publications
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| oh rats! fever, rash and arthritis in a young woman. | a 17-year-old girl presented with worsening right-sided hip and low back pain for 2 days. she had also experienced intermittent fevers and a recurring maculopapular rash over the past 2 weeks. social history revealed the presence of three domestic rats living in the girl's home. blood cultures returned positive for streptobacillus moniliformis, the causative agent of rat-bite fever. rat-bite fever often goes undiagnosed, as the clinical presentation is non-specific. untreated, the infection can ... | 2015 | 26701936 |
| streptobacillus ratti sp. nov., isolated from a black rat (rattus rattus). | an indole-, oxidase- and catalase-negative, non-motile bacterium, strain ogs16t, was isolated from an oral swab of a feral black rat (rattus rattus) in 2007 in japan. it stained gram-negative and had pleomorphic, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming cells. based on 16s rrna gene sequence analyses, strain ogs16t was assigned to the genus streptobacillus, with 16s rrna gene sequence similarities of 99.3, 99.0, 98.6 and 95.5% to the type strains of streptobacillus moniliformis, streptobacillus notomytis, ... | 2016 | 26705259 |
| caviibacter abscessus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family leptotrichiaceae isolated from guinea pigs (cavia porcellus). | a pleomorphic, gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, indole-, oxidase- and catalase-negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile bacterium was originally isolated from the mandibular lymph node of a guinea pig and deposited as streptobacillus moniliformis ccug 39713 in 1998. a second strain, 151011837, was isolated from an identical lesion in a guinea pig in germany in 2015. on the basis of 16s rrna gene sequence analyses, these strains displayed highest sequence similarities with sneathia sanguinegens nt ... | 2016 | 26813893 |
| rat-bite fever complicated by vertebral osteomyelitis: a case report. | rat-bite fever (rbf) is a challenging diagnosis transmitted by the bite of the rats. we present the first reported case of rbf complicated by vertebral osteomyelitis. it is important to consider performing the mri to differentiate vertebral osteomyelitis from simple back pain to determine the appropriate duration of antibiotic therapy. | 2016 | 26948832 |
| aerococcus christensenii as part of severe polymicrobial chorioamnionitis in a pregnant woman. | chorioamnionitis is a potentially life threatening infection of the fetal membranes, commonly caused by ascending bacteria from the vagina and cervix. in our case, a healthy nullipara with a term pregnancy presented clinical signs of infection after induced labour with an intracervical balloon. thick green and foul smelling amniotic fluid was observed and culture showed massive growth of aerococcus christensenii, a facultative anaerob species found in the human vagina, previously only rarely all ... | 2016 | 27014376 |
| oceanivirga salmonicida gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the leptotrichiaceae isolated from atlantic salmon (salmo salar). | a pleomorphic, gram-negative, rod-shaped, indole-, oxidase- and catalase- negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile bacterium was originally isolated in 1992 from moribund, seawater farmed atlantic salmon with multifocal tissue necrosis. strain avg 2115t displayed considerable similarities with streptobacillus moniliformis, one of the two etiological agents of rat bite fever, and has been stored as streptobacillus sp. ncimb 703044t. on the basis of 16s rrna gene sequence analyses, this strain disp ... | 2016 | 27031261 |
| rat-bite fever: an uncommon cause of fever and rash in a 9-year-old patient. | 2015 | 27051784 | |
| approved and novel strategies in diagnostics of rat bite fever and other streptobacillus infections in humans and animals. | rat bite fever (rbf), a worldwide occurring and most likely under-diagnosed zoonosis caused by streptobacillus moniliformis, represents the most prominent disease of streptobacillus infections. recently, novel members have been described, from which a reservoir in rats and other animal species and a zoonotic potential can be assumed. despite regularly published case reports, diagnostics of rbf continues to represent a 'diagnostic dilemma', because the mostly applied 16s rrna sequence analysis ma ... | 2016 | 27088660 |
| streptobacillus moniliformis endocarditis: an unusual case of pulmonary valve erosion resulting in free pulmonary regurgitation and aneurysm. | endocarditis is a consideration in the differential diagnosis when masses are seen on echocardiography in a patient with congenital heart disease. we present a case of insidious development of endocarditis caused by streptobacillus moniliformis in a seven-month-old baby after a rat bite, when the baby was three months of age. | 2016 | 27154799 |
| a teenager with sacroileitis, rash and fever caused by streptobacillus moniliformis bacteremia. | we report a rare case of sacroileitis in a teenager resulting from streptobacillus moniliformis bacteremia, identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight. we discuss the challenges of making this diagnosis and review the literature on rat bite fever. | 2016 | 27626921 |
| isolation and identification of caviibacter abscessus from cervical abscesses in a series of pet guinea pigs (cavia porcellus). | an organism reported in the early literature to be a rare cause of cervical lymphadenitis in guinea pigs, streptobacillus moniliformis, has been reclassified as caviibacter abscessus we describe a series of sequential cases of abscesses in guinea pigs that were presented to our clinic from which the only agent isolated was a unique, serum-requiring bacterium. discrete colonies were not detected in 6.5% co2 or anaerobically on routine primary isolation media containing up to 5% whole sheep blood, ... | 2016 | 27698164 |
| a case of streptobacillus moniliformis infection with cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis. | a 71-year-old man presented with a high fever, polyarthralgia, petechiae and palpable purpura accompanied by livedoid change on his legs and feet. histopathological findings of the purpura revealed perivascular infiltration of neutrophils, mononuclear cells, and nuclear debris, and extravasation of red cells mainly in the upper dermis: all signs consistent with leukocytoclastic vasculitis. small vessel thrombi, which are characteristic features of septic vasculopathy, were also observed. direct ... | 2016 | 27777430 |
| phylogenetic and comparative genomics of the family leptotrichiaceae and introduction of a novel fingerprinting mlva for streptobacillus moniliformis. | the leptotrichiaceae are a family of fairly unnoticed bacteria containing both microbiota on mucous membranes as well as significant pathogens such as streptobacillus moniliformis, the causative organism of streptobacillary rat bite fever. comprehensive genomic studies in members of this family have so far not been carried out. we aimed to analyze 47 genomes from 20 different member species to illuminate phylogenetic aspects, as well as genomic and discriminatory properties. | 2016 | 27809782 |
| rat bite fever: a case report and review of the literature. | cases of rat-bite fever (rbf) were reported in the literature for more than 2000 years. not until recently, however, were attempts made to differentiate between rbf and streptobacillus moniliformis septic arthritis, 2 arguably different clinical entities. there are limited data regarding s moniliformis septic arthritis and the features that distinguish it from rbf, and most conclude that although clinically disparate diseases, it is difficult to differentiate between them. we report a case of a ... | 2016 | 28002119 |
| a case of rat bite fever caused by streptobacillus moniliformis. | we report a case of rat bite fever (rbf) diagnosed by detection of streptobacillus moniliformis from blood culture and synovial fluid. the patient was a 45-year-old man with alcoholic liver cirrhosis. he was bitten on his third finger by a rat, which was caught in a mousetrap installed in his house. after the bite, fever, rash and arthralgia developed over a period of about two weeks. the patient was admitted to our hospital and treated with combination of ampicillin- sulbactam (sam), vancomycin ... | 2016 | 28003596 |
| surgical management of multijoint septic arthritis due to rat-bite fever in a pediatric patient: a case study. | in the united states, rat-bite fever is a rare systemic illness principally caused by streptobacillus moniliformis, an organism found in the nasopharyngeal flora of rodents. infection through direct exposure to rat excreta such as saliva, urine, or feces can lead to fever, rash, and an asymmetric migratory polyarthritis. as rodents are becoming more popular as pets, more pediatric cases are being documented. we report a pediatric case of delayed onset septic arthritis in the left wrist and right ... | 2017 | 28255484 |
| acute tetraplegia caused by rat bite fever in snake keeper and transmission of streptobacillus moniliformis. | 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. | 2017 | 28322713 |
| a spinal epidural abscess due to streptobacillus moniliformis infection following a rat bite: case report. | the authors describe the case of a 40-year-old man suffering from an epidural abscess in the thoracic spine due to a rarely isolated pathogen, streptobacillus moniliformis, the causative agent of rat bite fever. besides diffuse abdominal pain, ataxia, paresthesia, hypesthesia, and enhanced reflexes of the lower extremities, the patient suffered from a decreased sensation of bladder filling. his history was also positive for a rat bite 6 weeks earlier. magnetic resonance imaging showed an epidura ... | 2017 | 28430048 |
| a bacterial abc transporter enables import of mammalian host glycosaminoglycans. | glycosaminoglycans (gags), such as hyaluronan, chondroitin sulfate, and heparin, constitute mammalian extracellular matrices. the uronate and amino sugar residues in hyaluronan and chondroitin sulfate are linked by 1,3-glycoside bond, while heparin contains 1,4-glycoside bond. some bacteria target gags as means of establishing colonization and/or infection, and bacterial degradation mechanisms of gags have been well characterized. however, little is known about the bacterial import of gags. here ... | 2017 | 28432302 |
| streptobacillus moniliformis bacteremia in a pet shop employee: case report and literature review. | a 39-year-old pet shop employee who sustained a bite from one of his store's rats developed fever and arthritis. streptobacillus moniliformis was cultured from the patient's blood, confirming a diagnosis of rat-bite fever. treatment with standard antibiotics was successful. although rat-bite fever is commonly considered a zoonosis transmitted by wild or laboratory rats, our case emphasizes that it may be transmitted by pet animals as well. | 2017 | 28730157 |
| [streptobacillus moniliformis: in vivo and in vitro differences]. | 2017 | 28803461 |