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CASE REPORT
Septic arthritis secondary to rat bite fever: a challenging diagnostic course
  1. Basil Budair,
  2. Karan Goswami,
  3. Vivek Dhukaram
  1. Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, West Midlands, UK
  1. Correspondence to Basil Budair, b.budair{at}nhs.net

Summary

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.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2014-204086

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