title: [Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae--a cause of erysipeloid and endocarditis].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Mikrobiologisk avdeling, Sentralsjukehuset i Sogn og Fjordane, Førde.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hjetland
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Søgnen
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Våge
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae--årsak til erysipeloid og endokarditt.