Spirillary rat-bite fever
Spirillary rat-bite fever
Definition
Spirillary rat-bite fever (RBF), also known as Sodoku (Japanese for so: rat and doku: poison), is caused by the gram-negative bacillus Spirillum minus and is transmitted to humans through the bites and scratches of rats. The disease is mostly present in Asia.
Also known as sodoku, sodoku disease, Spirillary fever — per MONDO