RAT BITE ENDOCARDITIS: AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION

Authors :: Devesh Rai
Bipul Baibhav
Muhammad Waqas Tahir
Vani Mulkareddy
Tara Chen
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 75:2974
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2020.
Abstract: Streptobacillus moniliformis is a pleomorphic bacillus found in the oral cavity of rodents. Rat bite can transmit these bacteria to humans and can lead to bacteremia as well as infective endocarditis. We present an unusual case rat-bite endocarditis and septic emboli. 24 year-old-female presented

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