[Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae--a cause of erysipeloid and endocarditis].
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is widespread among many species of animals including fish. Erysipeloid is the most common infection caused by this bacterium in man; systemic infection, with endocarditis, is rare. Most of the affected patients risk exposure to the organism at work. Two patients with E. rhusiopathiae infections are described; one with erysipeloid after slaughtering a deer, the other with fatal endocarditis after gutting an eel. Erysipeloid may be confused with "seal finger", but this disease probably has a different microbial etiology and requires different antibiotic treatment.
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Mikrobiologisk avdeling, Sentralsjukehuset i Sogn og Fjordane, Førde.
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D000368:Aged; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004887:Erysipeloid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae--årsak til erysipeloid og endokarditt.