The name given to rat-bite fever when the illness is caused by acquired Spirillum minus is:
a. sodoku.
b. Haverhill fever.
c. monillic fever.
d. monillic gastritis.
A
S. minus causes rat-bite fever in humans and is referred to as sodoku. The clinical signs and symptoms are similar to those caused by S. moniliformis, except that arthritis is rarely observed in patients with sodoku, and swollen lymph nodes are prominent. Febrile episodes are also more predictable in sodoku.
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