Rat-Bite Fever
"Rat-Bite Fever" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A syndrome characterized by recurring fever, rash, and arthralgias occurring days to weeks after a rat bite. The causative agents are either Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minus.
| Descriptor ID |
D011906
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.771
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| Concept/Terms |
Rat-Bite Fever- Rat-Bite Fever
- Fever, Rat-Bite
- Fevers, Rat-Bite
- Rat Bite Fever
- Rat-Bite Fevers
- Ratbite Fever
- Fever, Ratbite
- Fevers, Ratbite
- Ratbite Fevers
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