A rat bite can happen suddenly, often when a person reaches into a drawer, lifts a storage box, or encounters a rodent hiding near food or waste. While the wound may look small, it can introduce ...

Dear Doctors: Can you please talk about rat bite fever? Our son got bitten by a baby rat while he was cleaning out his garage, and he didn’t see a doctor. It turned out that he was OK, but I’m worried ...

In addition to being an annoyance for your home during the rainy season, rats and rodents can cause a number of health problems, the majority of which are fatal. The recent deaths in the US from ...

Streptobacillus moniliformis is a pleomorphic, Gram-negative bacillus and the principal agent of rat-bite fever, a systemic zoonotic illness characterised by fever, rash and migratory arthritis.