sodoku; spirillary fever; spirillosis (rat-bite fever)

Etiology

Spirillum minus

Epidemiology

• rat bite
• primarily occurs in Asia
• rare in USA

Clinical manifestations

• eschar at site of rat bite
• blotchy violaceous or red-brown central rash
• regional adenopathy
• recurrent fevers if untreated

More general terms

• rat-bite fever

Additional terms

• eschar
• Spirillum minus