@article{a4e6ebdcef6f45278179fb1b4f385ee4,
title = "A Japanese patient with a rare case of Streptobacillus moniliformis bacteremia",
abstract = "Streptobacillus moniliformis is the etiological agent of rat-bite fever, a rare disease in Asia that is difficult to diagnose. We describe an elderly patient living in rat-infested conditions who presented with severe sepsis. He was successfully treated with meropenem, and blood culture revealed infection with S. moniliformis.",
keywords = "Rat-bite fever, Severe sepsis, Streptobacillus moniliformis",
author = "Satoshi Okamori and Minoru Nakano and Mitsunobu Nakamura and Eiji Takahashi and Toshikazu Hasuike and Yoshihiko Nakamura and Daisuke Aizawa",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 Japanese Society of Chemotherapy and The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases.",
year = "2015",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.jiac.2015.08.003",
language = "English",
volume = "21",
pages = "877--878",
journal = "Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy",
issn = "1341-321X",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
number = "12",
}