• 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.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
• An acute infection that is caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis (in North America) or Spirillum minus (in Asia), which is transmitted primarily by rodents; it is characterized by fever, myalgia, arthralgia, and petechial rash. When infections are acquired without a bite the resulting illness is called Haverhill Fever.
  NICHD Pediatric Terminology
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• An infectious disease that is caused transmitted by the bite of a rat. Two species of bacteria can cause the infection: Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• Rat-bite fever is caused by either Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minus. Symptoms of the streptobacillary form include fever, rash, and arthralgias. The spirillary form causes relapsing fever, rash, and regional lymphadenitis. Diagnosis is clinical and confirmed by culture (of the streptobacillary form) and sometimes rising...
  Merck Manuals
  Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
• Rat-bite fever is caused by either Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minus. Symptoms of the streptobacillary form include fever, rash, and arthralgias. The spirillary form causes relapsing fever, rash, and regional lymphadenitis. Diagnosis is clinical and confirmed by culture (of the streptobacillary form) and sometimes rising...
  Merck Manuals
  Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
• Rat-bite fever, relapsing type of infection caused by the bacterium Spirillum minus (also called Spirillum minor) and transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected rat. It is characterized by infection at the site of inoculation, inflammation of the regional lymph nodes, relapsing fever, chills...
  Encyclopedia Britannica
  Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020