Biomaterial Database

[Meningitis caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis]. 1973

A Atala, and C N Corrêa, and W M Corrêa, and L N Carrijo, and J B Perfeito

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008587	Meningitis, Viral	Viral infections of the leptomeninges and subarachnoid space. TOGAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RUBELLA; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ORBIVIRUS infections; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; JC VIRUS infections; and RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS may cause this form of meningitis. Clinical manifestations include fever, headache, neck pain, vomiting, PHOTOPHOBIA, and signs of meningeal irritation. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, pp1-3)	Viral Meningitis,Meningitides, Viral,Viral Meningitides
D011906	Rat-Bite Fever	A syndrome characterized by recurring fever, rash, and arthralgias occurring days to weeks after a rat bite. The causative agents are either Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minus.	Sodoku,Spirillum minus Infection,Haverhill Fever,Ratbite Fever,Streptobacillus moniliformis Endocarditis,Streptobacillus moniliformis Infection,Endocarditides, Streptobacillus moniliformis,Endocarditis, Streptobacillus moniliformis,Fever, Haverhill,Fever, Rat-Bite,Fever, Ratbite,Fevers, Rat-Bite,Fevers, Ratbite,Infection, Spirillum minus,Infection, Streptobacillus moniliformis,Infections, Spirillum minus,Infections, Streptobacillus moniliformis,Rat Bite Fever,Rat-Bite Fevers,Ratbite Fevers,Spirillum minus Infections,Streptobacillus moniliformis Endocarditides,Streptobacillus moniliformis Infections
D002555	Cerebrospinal Fluid	A watery fluid that is continuously produced in the CHOROID PLEXUS and circulates around the surface of the BRAIN; SPINAL CORD; and in the CEREBRAL VENTRICLES.	Cerebro Spinal Fluid,Cerebro Spinal Fluids,Cerebrospinal Fluids,Fluid, Cerebro Spinal,Fluid, Cerebrospinal,Fluids, Cerebro Spinal,Fluids, Cerebrospinal,Spinal Fluid, Cerebro,Spinal Fluids, Cerebro
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013288	Streptobacillus	A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that require SERUM; ASCITIC FLUID; or BLOOD for growth. Its organisms inhabit the THROAT; and NASOPHARYNX of wild and laboratory rats and cause one form of RAT-BITE FEVER in man.