ICD-11 definition : A disease caused by an infection with the gram-negative bacteria Streptobacillus monoliformis.
This disease is characterized by systemic illness with fever, chills, rash, and polyarthralgias.
Transmission is commonly by direct contact through the bite or scratch of an infected
rat. Confirmation is by identification of Streptobacillus in blood or joint samples.;
ICD-11 synonym : Epidemic arthritic erythema; Streptobacillary rat-bite fever; Rat-bite fever due to Streptobacillus moniliformis; Erythema arthriticum epidemicum; Haverhill fever;
A disease caused by an infection with the gram-negative bacteria Streptobacillus monoliformis.
This disease is characterized by systemic illness with fever, chills, rash, and polyarthralgias.
Transmission is commonly by direct contact through the bite or scratch of an infected
rat. Confirmation is by identification of Streptobacillus in blood or joint samples.