A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS
Species associated with infection - E. rhusiopathiae
Associated infections - erysipeloid, septicaemia, endocarditis
Reported susceptibilities and therapies - penicillin
Notes - associated with animal contact
References - MacGowan, A.P., Reeves, D.S. (1991). Tricuspid valve infective endocarditis and pulmonary sepsis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae successfully treated with high doses of ciproflaxacin but complicated by gynaecomastia. J. Infect. 22, 100-101. - Venditti, M., Gelfusa, V., Tarasi, A., Brandimarte, C., Serra, P. (1990). Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 34, 2038-2040.
