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Isolation of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae from a 55 year old man and a positive tracing of the infection to chicken-raising premise
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Isolation of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae from a 55 year old man and a positive tracing of the infection to chicken-raising premise

A A Salamah
Microbiologica, Vol.11(2), pp.169-171
01/04/1988
PMID: 3405100

Abstract

Animals Chickens - microbiology Drug Resistance, Microbial Erysipelothrix - drug effects Erysipelothrix - isolation & purification Erysipelothrix - physiology Erysipelothrix Infections - drug therapy Erysipelothrix Infections - transmission Fingers Humans Male Middle Aged Neomycin - therapeutic use Penicillin G - therapeutic use Poultry Diseases Skin - microbiology
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae was isolated from the swollen finger of a 55 year old man. The swelling was due to a peck by an infected chicken. Tracing the infection to the chicken-raising premises has proven that the bacterium was present in some of the chicken and manure samples.

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