Girl, 8, ‘At Death’s Door’ After Contracting Potentially Fatal Disease From Pet Rats

Girl, 8, ‘At Death’s Door’ After Contracting Potentially Fatal Disease From Pet Rats
Two pet rats.(Beringar/Wikimedia Commons [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)])
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An eight-year-old girl from San Diego has been left hospitalized for a week after contracting “Rat Bite Fever” (RBF)—the same disease that led to a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against a pet store in the area just a few years prior.

Last week, Cali was “at death’s door,” her mother claims after she contracted the disease. She is now recovering at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego.

Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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