| root sepsis associated with insect-dwelling sebaldella termitidis in a lesser dwarf lemur (cheirogaleus medius). | sebaldella termitidis is a rare fastidious microorganism of the leptotrichiaceae family. a variety of closely related species are associated with severe and even life-threatening disease in humans and animals, such as streptobacillus moniliformis, the etiological organism of rat-bite fever as well as members of leptotrichia spp. and sneathia sanguinegens, which have been reported from cases of septicaemia. in contrast, since its description some 50 years ago, s. ermitidis has so far never been r ... | 2015 | 26377576 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| rat bite fever as a presenting illness in a patient with aids. | the etiology of culture-negative septic arthritis is poorly characterised in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv). new molecular methods may assist in the investigation of culture-negative infections of sterile sites, including septic arthritis. we describe the first case of septic arthritis due to the cause of rat bite fever (rbf), streptobacillus moniliformis, confirmed by 16s rrna sequence analysis, in a patient with newly diagnosed hiv infection. | 2011 | 21877181 |
| Characterization of ß-galactoside phosphorylases with diverging acceptor specificities. | Glycoside phosphorylases are a special group of carbohydrate-active enzymes, with characteristics in between those of glycoside hydrolases and glycosyl transferases. The phosphorylases from family GH-112 are exceptional because they employ galactose-1-phosphate instead of glucose-1-phosphate as glycosyl donor. Different acceptor specificities have been observed in this family, ranging from l-rhamnose to GlcNAc, GalNAc and a combination of the latter. Three new phosphorylases from previously unex ... | 2011 | 22112272 |
| shell vial cell culture as a tool for streptobacillus moniliformis "resuscitation". | streptobacillus moniliformis is a fastidious growing gram-negative bacillus responsible of rat-bite fever. we describe here the first report of this disease in la réunion and the first isolation using shell vial cell culture from a blood culture bottle with a bacterium suspected to be dead. | 2011 | 21292904 |
| isolation of streptobacillus moniliformis from the blood of a child with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. | this is an unusual report of isolation of streptobacillus moniliformis from the blood of a male child with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. no history of rat bite was there, but rats were present in the house. the possible source of infection may be food or water contaminated with rat excreta. whether this bacteria can cause opportunistic infection in leukaemic patients, need to be evaluated further. | 2010 | 20966577 |
| rat bite fever due to streptobacillus moniliformis: a case treated by penicillin. | | 1944 | 20476319 |
| a case of septic arthritis from rat-bite fever in hawai'i. | infection associated with a rat bite has been known for centuries. streptobacillus moniliformis is a zoonotic organism identified in the 20th century as the causative agent of most cases of rat bite fever outside of mainland asia. there are no previously published cases of this pathogen in hawai'i. | 2010 | 20397505 |
| experimental streptobacillus moniliformis arthritis in the chick embryo. | 1. a strain of streptobacillus moniliformis isolated from a case of rat bite fever in man has been found to produce infection of the developing chick embryo following inoculation of the chorio-allantois. 2. the disease in embryos is characterized by invasion of the blood stream and an almost exclusive localization of the infectious process to the synovial lining of the joints. 3. in the early stages of the development of the joint lesions the streptobacillus moniliformis behaves as a facultative ... | 1944 | 19871398 |
| rainfall and outbreaks of drinking water related disease and in england and wales. | a case-crossover study compared rainfall in the 4 weeks before drinking water related outbreaks with that in the five previous control years. this included public and private drinking water related outbreaks in england and wales from 1910 to 1999. of 111 outbreaks, 89 met inclusion criteria and the implicated pathogens included giardia, cryptosporidium, e. coli, s. typhi, s. paratyphi, campylobacter and streptobacillus moniliformis. weather data was derived from the british atmospheric data cent ... | 2009 | 18957770 |
| direct detection of indirect transmission of streptobacillus moniliformis rat bite fever infection. | we describe the evaluation of culture-negative synovial fluid from a 3-year-old boy by pcr and electrospray ionization followed by mass spectrometry (pcr/esi-ms). our patient developed a diffuse rash and fever with systemic signs and symptoms of sepsis, but four sets of blood cultures obtained prior to initiation of antibiotics were negative. after 1 week of illness, he developed right-knee swelling. analysis of synovial fluid was consistent with infection, but cultures of specimens obtained fol ... | 2014 | 24719439 |
| septic arthritis secondary to rat bite fever: a challenging diagnostic course. | we describe a challenging diagnostic course of a case of septic arthritis secondary to rat bite fever (streptobacillus moniliformis) in a 29-year-old man who presented with generalised malaise, polyarthralgia and bilateral palmoplantar rash. | 2014 | 24695665 |
| streptobacillus moniliformis endocarditis: case report and review of literature. | rat bite fever is a rare infection and sometimes results in complications. this case report describes native mitral valve endocarditis in a 44-year-old male patient caused by streptobacillus moniliformis. the diagnosis was confirmed by transesophageal echocardiography and blood cultures (bactec). the patient was treated with iv crystalline penicillin (6 weeks) and gentamicin (2 weeks). the fundamental importance of a high index of suspicion, interpreting investigations and appropriateness of the ... | 2015 | 23993005 |
| septic arthritis and concern for osteomyelitis in a child with rat bite fever. | rat bite fever is a rare infection usually caused by streptobacillus moniliformis. a case of septic arthritis and possible osteomyelitis as sequelae of rat bite fever in a pediatric patient is described. | 2013 | 23554193 |
| epidural abscess caused by streptobacillus moniliformis. | we present an interesting case of a patient who developed an epidural abscess caused by streptobacillus moniliformis. this is the first report in the medical literature of a spinal epidural abscess associated with this organism. diagnosis of s. moniliformis infection requires a high degree of suspicion, and a delay may be inevitable when a relevant clinical history is lacking. | 2012 | 22718932 |
| [streptobacillus moniliformis: in vivo and in vitro differences]. | | 2017 | 28803461 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |