Rat Bite Fever - A Case Of A Kenyan.

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1992-09
Author
Bhatt, KM
Mirza, NB
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Abstract
Rat bite fever has not been reported from Kenya previously. A case of 17 year old Kenyan male who was diagnosed to have rat bite fever after a bite of domestic rat is described. The history, clinical features and demonstration of spirillum like organisms from a thick blood film suggest infection due to spirillum minus. The patient recovered completely after a course of penicillin and gentamicin.
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http://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/kirnabhatt/publications/sept-1992-rat-bite-fever-case-kenyan-bhatt-k-m-and-nb-mirza-eamj-vol-69-no-9
http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/52614
Citation
EAMJ Vol. 69 no. 9 pg 542-543.
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University of Nairobi
 
Faculty of medicine
 
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