Erysipeloid--case report.
Erysipeloid is an acute, bacterial infection of traumatized skin in an individual who was in direct contact with meat or other animal products contaminated with a gram-positive bacillus Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. We present a case of a 50-year-old housewife whose hobby was fishing, with a reddish, tender patch on the fifth finger and dorsum of the left hand, which developed a week after she had sustained an injury while boning the fish. The patient was treated with orally administered penicillin V 1,500,000 IU t.i.d. for 7 days, with complete resolution.
Spoljar
Sanja
S
Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Croatia, University Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Croatia. sanja.spoljar1@zg.htnet.hr
Budimcić
Dragomir
D
Lipozencić
Jasna
J
Ljubojević
Suzana
S
D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D004887:Erysipeloid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010404:Penicillin V / Q000627:therapeutic use
D010404:Penicillin V