Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae bacteremia following a cat bite

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a major causative organism of swine erysipelas, but the infection has rarely occurred in humans. A soft-tissue infection with this organism is described as “erysipeloid.” Most reported cases in human are related to occupational exposure. Endocarditis is a common compl...

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Autores principales: Kobayashi, Ken-ichiro, Kawano, Tomoaki, Mizuno, Shinsuke, Kubo, Kenji, Komiya, Nobuhiro, Otsu, Satoko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6731353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31516830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00631
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author Kobayashi, Ken-ichiro
Kawano, Tomoaki
Mizuno, Shinsuke
Kubo, Kenji
Komiya, Nobuhiro
Otsu, Satoko
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Kawano, Tomoaki
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Kubo, Kenji
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description Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a major causative organism of swine erysipelas, but the infection has rarely occurred in humans. A soft-tissue infection with this organism is described as “erysipeloid.” Most reported cases in human are related to occupational exposure. Endocarditis is a common complication of E. rhusiopathiae bacteremia in human. We report the case of a previously healthy 52-year-old Japanese female who presented with fever and an inflamed hand after being bitten by a stray cat. Blood culture was positive for E. rhusiopathiae, but no sign of infective endocarditis was observed. It may be prudent to consider E. rhusiopathiae infection in patients with animal bites.
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spelling pubmed-67313532019-09-12 Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae bacteremia following a cat bite Kobayashi, Ken-ichiro Kawano, Tomoaki Mizuno, Shinsuke Kubo, Kenji Komiya, Nobuhiro Otsu, Satoko IDCases Article Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a major causative organism of swine erysipelas, but the infection has rarely occurred in humans. A soft-tissue infection with this organism is described as “erysipeloid.” Most reported cases in human are related to occupational exposure. Endocarditis is a common complication of E. rhusiopathiae bacteremia in human. We report the case of a previously healthy 52-year-old Japanese female who presented with fever and an inflamed hand after being bitten by a stray cat. Blood culture was positive for E. rhusiopathiae, but no sign of infective endocarditis was observed. It may be prudent to consider E. rhusiopathiae infection in patients with animal bites. Elsevier 2019-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6731353/ /pubmed/31516830 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00631 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae bacteremia following a cat bite
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6731353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31516830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00631
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