Medical term:

sodoku


sodoku

 [so´do-koo]
a relapsing type of infection due to Spirillum minus, an organism transmitted by the bite of an infected rat; a form of rat-bite fever.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

rat-·bite fe·ver

a single designation for two bacterial diseases associated with rat bites, one caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis (for example, Haverhill fever), the other by Spirillum minus (also called S. minor) (for example, sodoku); both diseases are characterized by relapsing fever, chills, headache, arthralgia, lymphadenopathy, and a maculopapular rash on the extremities.
Synonym(s): rat-bite disease, sodoku, sokosho
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
A bacterial zoonosis caused by Spirillum minus (Spirillium minor) a gram-negative flagellated microaerophilic bacterium found in the saliva of rats and acquired through rat bites or scratches or less commonly as a nosocomial infection
Management Penicillin, tetracycline
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

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