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Case Reports
. 2006 Aug 15;175(4):354.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.060309.

A teenager with fever, rash and arthritis

Saif Albedwawi  1 , Claire LeBlanc, Alyson Shaw, Robert William Slinger
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Case Reports

A teenager with fever, rash and arthritis

Saif Albedwawi et al. CMAJ. .

Erratum in

  • CMAJ. 2006 Sep 12;175(6):624. Show, Alyson [corrected to Shaw, Alyson]
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Fig. 1: Petechial–purpuric rash. Biopsy revealed leukocytoclastic vasculitis.
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Fig. 2: Characteristic “puff-ball” appearance of Streptobacillus moniliformis in broth culture.
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Fig. 3: Unusual Gram stain morphology of Streptobacillus moniliformis: pleomorphic gram-negative bacilli with areas of swelling.
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