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Erysipeloid
- 3. Erysipeloid is an acute bacterial infection of traumatized skin and other organs. Erysipeloid is caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, which has been known to cause animal and human infections. Direct contact between meat infected with E rhusiopathiae and traumatized human skin results in erysipeloid. In animals, the organism causes swine erysipelas and several other diseases in poultry and sheep.
- 4. • Erysipeloid is an occupational disease. Humans acquire erysipeloid after direct contact with infected animals. • Erysipeloid is more common among farmers, butchers, cooks, homemakers, and anglers. • The infection is more likely to occur during the summer or early fall.
- 5. Prognosis • Erysipeloid usually is an acute, self-limited infection of the skin that resolves without consequences. • Cutaneous forms of erysipeloid usually are self-limited even without treatment; therefore, skin-limited erysipeloid has a fairly good prognosis with no long-term sequelae. • Individuals with the systemic form of erysipeloid, in which organs other than the skin are involved, may have neurologic, cardiologic, or other impairments. But it’s very rare
- 6. Treatment • The antibiotics of choice for the three forms of erysipeloid are penicillin or cephalosporin. • Ceftriaxone proved to have an effect against Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. • In patients who are allergic to penicillin, ciprofloxacin alone or erythromycin in combination with rifampin may be used.
- 9. Sources • https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1054170-overview#a6 • http://www.pcds.org.uk/ee/images/made/ee/images/uploads/clinical/Erys ipeloid_2_611_404_70_http:www.pcds.org.ukeeassetsimgwatermark.gif_0_0_ 80_r_b_-5_-5_.jpg • https://www.huidziekten.nl/afbeeldingen/erysipeloid-4.jpg • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
- 10. Sources • https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1054170-overview#a6 • http://www.pcds.org.uk/ee/images/made/ee/images/uploads/clinical/Erys ipeloid_2_611_404_70_http:www.pcds.org.ukeeassetsimgwatermark.gif_0_0_ 80_r_b_-5_-5_.jpg • https://www.huidziekten.nl/afbeeldingen/erysipeloid-4.jpg • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/