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Erysipeloid

Erysipeloid. Occupational disease of meat and fish handlers Caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. Morphology/Physiology. Gram positive anaerobic bacillus. Morphology/Physiology. Grows easily on most laboratory media. Small grayish alpha-hemolytic colonies on blood agar.

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Erysipeloid

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  1. Erysipeloid • Occupational disease of meat and fish handlers • Caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

  2. Morphology/Physiology Gram positive anaerobic bacillus

  3. Morphology/Physiology Grows easily on most laboratory media. Small grayish alpha-hemolytic colonies on blood agar

  4. Transmission and symptoms • Acquired through skin abrasions • Inflammatory violaceous lesion at the infection site (usually fingers or hand) • Lesion is pruritic and painful (burning, throbbing) • Lesion is non supporative

  5. Diagnosis and treatment • Diagnosis • History and lesion • Culture of specimen • Treatment • Penicillin

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