Catalog

Cutaneous erysipeloid

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Link to WHO Definition

Cutaneous erysipeloid – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1376753221

A skin infection due to the bacterium Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. It is most commonly due to direct trauma allowing the bacterium to enter the skin from infected meat. Rarely the infection may become disseminated over the skin surface with multiple lesions.