Aortic valve endocarditis with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: A rare zoonosis
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae has an economic impact in animal husbandry by causing infection in swine, sheep and poultry. E. rhusiopathiae is present in the surface mucoid slime on fish, although fishes do not seem to be affected. Humans can get infected, maost often through occupational exposure an...
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| author | Jenny Jónsdóttir Nielsen Bjørn Blomberg Shahin Gaïni Steinar Lundemoen |
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| description | Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae has an economic impact in animal husbandry by causing infection in swine, sheep and poultry. E. rhusiopathiae is present in the surface mucoid slime on fish, although fishes do not seem to be affected. Humans can get infected, maost often through occupational exposure and may suffer typical erysipeloid infection on exposed skin such as on hands and fingers, or deeper skin infections, and sometimes sepsis and endocarditis, associated with high case-fatality rate. We describe a case of aortic valve endocarditis caused by E. rhusiopathiae in a 59-year-old man who enjoyed fishing in his spare time. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8cb766f491cd4bf1a7fa8ddc06f0f8512022-12-21T19:30:22ZengMDPI AGInfectious Disease Reports2036-74302036-74492018-11-0110310.4081/idr.2018.7770Aortic valve endocarditis with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: A rare zoonosisJenny Jónsdóttir Nielsen0Bjørn Blomberg1Shahin Gaïni2Steinar Lundemoen3Department of Infectious Diseases, Odense University Hospital, Denmark; Medical Department, Infectious Diseases Division, National Hospital Faroe Islands, TórshavnDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, BergenMedical Department, Infectious Diseases Division, National Hospital Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; Infectious Diseases Research Unit, Odense University Hospital and University of Southern Denmark, Denmark; Centre of Health Research and Department of Science and Technology, University of the Faroe Islands, TórshavnNational Centre for Tropical Infectious Diseases, Haukeland University Hospital, BergenErysipelothrix rhusiopathiae has an economic impact in animal husbandry by causing infection in swine, sheep and poultry. E. rhusiopathiae is present in the surface mucoid slime on fish, although fishes do not seem to be affected. Humans can get infected, maost often through occupational exposure and may suffer typical erysipeloid infection on exposed skin such as on hands and fingers, or deeper skin infections, and sometimes sepsis and endocarditis, associated with high case-fatality rate. We describe a case of aortic valve endocarditis caused by E. rhusiopathiae in a 59-year-old man who enjoyed fishing in his spare time.https://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/idr/article/view/7770Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiaeendocarditis;zoonosis |
| spellingShingle | Jenny Jónsdóttir Nielsen Bjørn Blomberg Shahin Gaïni Steinar Lundemoen Aortic valve endocarditis with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: A rare zoonosis Infectious Disease Reports Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis; zoonosis |
| title | Aortic valve endocarditis with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: A rare zoonosis |
| title_full | Aortic valve endocarditis with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: A rare zoonosis |
| title_fullStr | Aortic valve endocarditis with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: A rare zoonosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aortic valve endocarditis with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: A rare zoonosis |
| title_short | Aortic valve endocarditis with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: A rare zoonosis |
| title_sort | aortic valve endocarditis with erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae a rare zoonosis |
| topic | Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis; zoonosis |
| url | https://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/idr/article/view/7770 |
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