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Fiebre por mordedura de rata - Treatment

Nombres alternativos

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

Tratamiento:

La fiebre por mordedura de rata se trata con antibióticos. El médico puede prescribir penicilina o tetraciclinas durante un período de 7 a 14 días.

Expectativas (pronóstico):

El pronóstico es excelente con un tratamiento oportuno. Sin tratamiento, la tasa de mortalidad puede ser de hasta un 25%.

Complicaciones:

Abscesos del cerebro o los tejidos blandos
Infección de las válvulas cardíacas
Inflamación de las glándulas parótidas (parotiditis)
Inflamación de los tendones (tenosinovitis)
Pericarditis

Situaciones que requieren asistencia médica:

Consulte con el médico si:

Usted o su hijo han tenido un contacto reciente con una rata u otro roedor.
La persona que fue mordida tiene síntomas de esta enfermedad.

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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