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S5583350 (sō′dō′ko͞o′)n. See rat-bite fever.

[Japanese sodoku : so, rat, mouse, variant of sho (from Middle Chinese ʂiə̆ʔ, of Old Chinese origin) + doku, poison (from Early Middle Chinese dəwk, from Old Chinese *dûk; akin to Tibetan dug and Burmese ə-tok).]

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sodoku - the form of ratbite fever occurring in the Far Eastspirillum feverratbite fever - either of two infectious diseases transmitted to humans by the bite of a rat or mouse; characterized by fever and headache and nausea and skin eruptions

Sodoku

in humans, an acute infectious disease caused by the spirochete Spirillum minus. Sodoku is usually transmitted by the bite of a rat; more rarely it is caused by the bite of a weasel, marten, squirrel, cat, or dog. The incubation period is ten to 14 days. The disease is manifested by periodic attacks of fever, painful swelling at the site of the bite (with the subsequent formation of an ulcer), headache, muscle pains, rash, and inflammation of the lymph nodes. The disease is extremely rare in the USSR. Sodoku is treated with antibiotics and Novarsenolum. Preventive treatment includes the extermination of rats.

The term “sodoku” is sometimes used to designate Haverhill fever, a disease caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis. The disease is transmitted by a rat bite or infected milk. The incubation period is two to five days, and the clinical symptoms are similar to those of sodoku, although ulcers do not form at the site of the bite and the disease’s course is more severe.

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.

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

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

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noun the form of ratbite fever occurring in the Far East

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