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Rat bite fever in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus

Bougioukas, Lauren
Vicks, Emily
Hale, Andrew J
Dejace, Jean
Bullis, Sean
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The authors report the case of a 45-year-old male with history of human immunodeficiency virus who presented unresponsive and with injuries to his hands after spending a night on a lakeside beach. During his hospitalization, he developed a fever with arthralgias and was initially thought to have calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease before a diagnosis of Rat Bite Fever was ultimately discovered. He was successfully treated with six-weeks of ceftriaxone. The authors discuss the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of Rat Bite Fever.

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Bougioukas L, Vicks E, Hale AJ, Dejace J, Bullis S. Rat bite fever in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus. IDCases. 2022 Jun 6;29:e01526. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01526. PMID: 35693327; PMCID: PMC9184550.

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10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01526
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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by- nc-nd/4.0/).Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International