A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS

Spirillum

Species associated with infection - S. minus

Associated infections - rat bite fever

Reported susceptibilities and therapies - penicillin

Notes - Strepobacillus moniliformis is aslo an agent of rat bite fever

References - Bhatt, K.M., Mirza, N.B. (1992). Rat bite fever: a case report of a Kenyan. East Afr. Med. J. 69, 542-543.

 

 

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