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Weekend Digest
A zoonotic GPB (photo) intrinsically resistant to vancomycin. Abattoir workers, veterinarians, fishermen at risk. Penicillin treatment of choice.
Name the pathogen!
A zoonotic GPB (photo) intrinsically resistant to vancomycin. Abattoir workers, veterinarians, fishermen at risk. Penicillin treatment of choice.
Name the pathogen!
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#Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
1. Non-spore-forming Gram-positive bacillus
2. Pigs; others - fish, sheep, dogs, cats, cattle
3. Erysipeloid cutaneous, septicemic blood infection (check: endocarditis)
4. Culture; H2S production
5. Penicillin (R to Vanco)
doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02…
#Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
1. Non-spore-forming Gram-positive bacillus
2. Pigs; others - fish, sheep, dogs, cats, cattle
3. Erysipeloid cutaneous, septicemic blood infection (check: endocarditis)
4. Culture; H2S production
5. Penicillin (R to Vanco)
doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02…
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Bonus Tweet
Gram-positive organisms “resistant” to vancomycin
1. Enterococcus casseliflavus/flavescens/gallinarum group
2. Erysipelothrix
3. Lactobacillus (except L acidophilus)
4. Leuconostoc
5. Pediococcus
6. Weissella
Bonus Tweet
Gram-positive organisms “resistant” to vancomycin
1. Enterococcus casseliflavus/flavescens/gallinarum group
2. Erysipelothrix
3. Lactobacillus (except L acidophilus)
4. Leuconostoc
5. Pediococcus
6. Weissella
#idboardreview 40 pig farmer recently got abrasions to his arms and face during a hike, also had duck bite to his finger, presents w/ fever & diffuse annular body rash. Diagnosis? #medEd #idmedEd #idtwitter
Gram-positive facultative anaerobe rod #Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. Mainly an occupationally acquired zoonosis transmitted by feces, water, soil, or food scraps contaminated by a wide variety of mammals, birds, and fish
#erysipelothrix is acquired through puncture wounds & scratches of the skin. Occupational zoonosis of butchers, veterinarians, and fishermen. Most important reservoir is healthy domestic swine, up to half of which harbor it their tonsils
