Suzuki Kiyozumi, Hirai Yuji, Morita Fujiko, Nakamura Ayako, Uehara Yuki, Naito Toshio
Department of General Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine.
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Juntendo University Hospital, and.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017 Mar 1;4(2):ofx038. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofx038. eCollection 2017 Spring.
A 39-year-old pet shop employee who sustained a bite from one of his store's rats developed fever and arthritis. was cultured from the patient's blood, confirming a diagnosis of rat-bite fever. Treatment with standard antibiotics was successful. Although rat-bite fever is commonly considered a zoonosis transmitted by wild or laboratory rats, our case emphasizes that it may be transmitted by pet animals as well.
一名39岁的宠物店员工被店内的一只老鼠咬伤后,出现发热和关节炎症状。从患者血液中培养出病原体,确诊为鼠咬热。使用标准抗生素治疗成功。虽然鼠咬热通常被认为是由野生或实验用大鼠传播的人畜共患病,但我们的病例强调它也可能由宠物传播。