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—30 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. It is also known as rat-bite disease, sodoku, and sokoshio.