Aortic valve endocarditis with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: A rare zoonosis

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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Main Authors: Jenny Jónsdóttir Nielsen, Bjørn Blomberg, Shahin Gaïni, Steinar Lundemoen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-11-01
Series:Infectious Disease Reports
Subjects:
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
endocarditis;
zoonosis
Online Access:https://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/idr/article/view/7770

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