Erysipeloid infection in a sheep farmer with coexisting orf.
Erysipeloid is a rarely reported zoonotic infection caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. We report a case of coexisting erysipeloid and orf infections in a sheep farmer, an association not previously recorded to our knowledge.
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Royal Air Force Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine, Halton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, U.K.
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D000284:Administration, Oral; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D004474:Ecthyma, Contagious / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D004739:England; D004889:Erysipelothrix Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010406:Penicillins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012756:Sheep; D015047:Zoonoses
D010406:Penicillins; D010400:Penicillin G