英:[ˈrætˌbaɪt]
美:[ˈrætˌbaɪt]
英:[ˈrætˌbaɪt]
美:[ˈrætˌbaɪt]
n.
鼠咬热
noun
either of two infectious diseases transmitted by the bites of rats or other animals, one characterized by inflammation, back and joint pains, headache, and vomiting, and the other by a purplish rash, recurrent fever, and ulceration near the bite.
The first known use of rat-bite fever was in 1910
1 Humans can also contract rat-bite fever by consuming food or drink fouled with rodent waste.
2 In 2006, a medical photo quiz in Clinical Infectious Diseases described a 26-year-old resident of Boston with classic features of rat-bite fever, including fever, chills, and bumpy, red blisters.
3 But rats do carry pathogens that can result in other diseases, such as the rare but still dangerous rat-bite fever.
1 鼠咬热