title: Cutaneous listeriosis.
abstract: Cutaneous infections due to Listeria monocytogenes are rare. Typically, infections manifest as nonpainful, nonpruritic, self-limited, localized, papulopustular or vesiculopustular eruptions in healthy persons. Most cases follow direct inoculation of the skin in veterinarians or farmers who have exposure to animal products of conception. Less commonly, skin lesions may arise from hematogenous dissemination in compromised hosts with invasive disease. Here, we report the first case in a gardener that occurred following exposure to soil and vegetation.
authors: Section of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors: Casey E
authors: CE
authors: Godshall
authors: Gina
authors: G
authors: Suh
authors: Bennett
authors: B
authors: Lorber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*
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