Rat Bite Fever in an Elderly Patient With Dementia

• Published in: Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases Vol. 2; no. 11
• Main Authors: Nakamoto, Yohei, Aita, Tetsuro, Imaoka, Koichi, Hamaguchi, Sugihiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American College of Physicians 01.11.2023

Rat bite fever (RBF) is a zoonotic infection with nonspecific symptoms such as fever, myalgia, and arthralgia that mimic other systemic infections or noninfectious rheumatologic disorders. Obtaining a history of rat exposure is the key to diagnosis. Since a diagnosis may not be possible without some...