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Fiebre por mordedura de rata - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Fiebre de Haverhill; Sodoku; Fiebre estreptobacilar; Eritema artrítico epidémico; Fiebre espirilar; Estreptobacilosis

Definición:

Es una rara enfermedad propagada por roedores infectados.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

La fiebre por mordedura de rata puede ser causada por dos bacterias diferentes (Streptobacillus moniliformis o Spirillum minus), las cuales se encuentran en las bocas de roedores.

La enfermedad se ha visto en:

África
Australia
Europa
Japón
América del Norte y del Sur

La mayoría de las personas adquieren la enfermedad a través del contacto con orina o secreciones provenientes de la boca, los ojos o la nariz de un animal infectado. Esto ocurre más comúnmente a través de una mordedura, aunque algunos casos pueden presentarse simplemente por el contacto con estas secreciones.

La fuente de infección por lo general es una rata. Otros animales que pueden causar la infección abarcan ardillas, comadrejas y jerbos.

Reviewed last on: 9/15/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Washburn RG. Rat-bite fever: Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 231.

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