BROAD RANGE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION FOR DIAGNOSIS OF RAT-BITE FEVER CAUSED BY STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS

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An 11-year-old boy presented with fever, vomiting, rash, limping and blisters on his feet after a finger bite by his domestic rat. Although cultures from blood, cerebrospinal fluid and urine remained negative, broad range polymerase chain reaction amplification of a part of the 16S rRNA gene followed by sequencing allowed the detection and identification of Streptobacillus moniliformis in blister fluid, thus...

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