ICD·index Chapters ENESDE
1B90.0 category

Spirillosis

Definition

Spirillary rat-bite fever, also known as Sodoku (Japanese for so: rat and doku: poison), is an infectious disease caused by the Gram-negative bacillus Spirillum minus and is transmitted to humans through the bites and scratches of rats, and characterized by local inflammation, fever, lyphoadenopathies and macular rash (50% of cases).

Inclusions

  • Sodoku

Also indexed as

SodokuSokoshoSpirillary rat-bite feverSpirillosisrat-bite fever due to Spirillum minus

Nearby in Rat-bite fevers