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Spirillary rat-bite fever

rare

Spirillary rat-bite fever (RBF), also known as Sodoku (Japanese for so: rat and doku: poison), is caused by the gram-negative bacillus Spirillum minus and is transmitted to humans through the bites and scratches of rats. The disease is mostly present in Asia.

Identifiers
MONDO:0020532 Orphanet:99903
Part of
Primary bacterial infectious diseaseRat-bite fever
Also known as
sodoku · sodoku disease · Spirillary fever

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