Erysipeloid
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Characteristics[edit | edit source]
Erysipeloid is an occupational disease of butchers, meat processors, farmers, poultry workers and fishermen.
The disease is caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, a Gram-positive facultative anaerobic rod that enters the body through skin injuries when working with a contaminated animal, products or soil.
The bacteria causes inflammatory skin lesions on the fingers or hands that itch and hurt.
Therapy[edit | edit source]
Penicillin can be given.
Links[edit | edit source]
Sources[edit | edit source]
- GILLESPIE, SH a KB BAMFORD. Medical Microbiology and Infection at a Glance. 1. vydání. London : Blackwell Science, 2000. ISBN 978-1405111737.
- BERAN, GW a KB BAMFORD. Handbook of Zoonoses, Section A: Bacterial, Rickettsial, Chlamydial and Mycotic. 2. vydání. Florida : CRC Press, 1994. ISBN 978-0849332050.
- University of South Carolina. Microbiology and immunology online [online]. ©2007. Poslední revize 2009, [cit. 2009-12-02]. <http://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/medicine/education/basic_science_departments/pathology_microbiology_and_immunology/index.php>.
