A Japanese patient with a rare case of Streptobacillus moniliformis bacteremia

Satoshi Okamori; Minoru Nakano; Mitsunobu Nakamura; Eiji Takahashi; Toshikazu Hasuike; Yoshihiko Nakamura; Daisuke Aizawa

doi:10.1016/j.jiac.2015.08.003

A Japanese patient with a rare case of Streptobacillus moniliformis bacteremia

J Infect Chemother. 2015 Dec;21(12):877-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2015.08.003. Epub 2015 Sep 3.

Authors

Satoshi Okamori¹, Minoru Nakano², Mitsunobu Nakamura², Eiji Takahashi², Toshikazu Hasuike², Yoshihiko Nakamura², Daisuke Aizawa³

Affiliations

¹ Advanced Medical Emergency and Critical Care Center, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Maebashi, Japan; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tenri Hospital, Nara, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Advanced Medical Emergency and Critical Care Center, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Maebashi, Japan.
³ Department of Gastroenterology, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Maebashi, Japan.

PMID: 26344724
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2015.08.003

Abstract

Streptobacillus moniliformis is the etiological agent of rat-bite fever, a rare disease in Asia that is difficult to diagnose. We describe an elderly patient living in rat-infested conditions who presented with severe sepsis. He was successfully treated with meropenem, and blood culture revealed infection with S. moniliformis.

Keywords: Rat-bite fever; Severe sepsis; Streptobacillus moniliformis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Animals
Asian People
Bacteremia / diagnosis*
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Fusobacterium Infections / diagnosis*
Fusobacterium Infections / drug therapy
Fusobacterium Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Meropenem
Rat-Bite Fever / diagnosis*
Rat-Bite Fever / drug therapy
Rat-Bite Fever / microbiology*
Rats
Streptobacillus / drug effects
Streptobacillus / isolation & purification*
Thienamycins / therapeutic use

Substances

Thienamycins
Meropenem