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Spirillum minus
Introduction
This page is about microbiologic aspects of the organism(s). For clinical aspects of the disease, see Rat bite fever.
Overview
Overview
Spirillum minus is a species of Spirillum.
Spirillum minus is associated with rat-bite fever.[1][2][3]
It is the causative agent of sodoku.
References
References
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- ↑ Gaastra W, Boot R, Ho HT, Lipman LJ (October 2008). “Rat bite fever”. Vet. Microbiol. 133 (3): 211–28. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.079. PMID 19008054.
- ↑ Dendle C, Woolley IJ, Korman TM (December 2006). “Rat-bite fever septic arthritis: illustrative case and literature review”. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 25 (12): 791–7. doi:10.1007/s10096-006-0224-x. PMID 17096137.
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