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Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
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MICROBIOLOGY
- Aerobe or facultative anaerobe, thin, pleomorphic Gram-positive rod.
- Zoonotic infection more commonly infects turkeys, pigs and other animals than humans.
- E. rhusiopathiae is the only genus within the species that infects humans.
- Culture isolation is difficult.
- A slow grower in enriched blood media with 5-10% CO2.
- Intrinsically resistant to vancomycin, which commonly might be used empirically unless the organism is appropriately identified and distinguished from diphtheroids (Corynebacterium spp.) and Lactobacillus.
- The lab can confuse with diphtheroids and coryneforms, but E. rhusiopathiae is distinguished by H2S production.
- Also usually resistant to aminoglycosides and sulfonamides.
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MICROBIOLOGY
- Aerobe or facultative anaerobe, thin, pleomorphic Gram-positive rod.
- Zoonotic infection more commonly infects turkeys, pigs and other animals than humans.
- E. rhusiopathiae is the only genus within the species that infects humans.
- Culture isolation is difficult.
- A slow grower in enriched blood media with 5-10% CO2.
- Intrinsically resistant to vancomycin, which commonly might be used empirically unless the organism is appropriately identified and distinguished from diphtheroids (Corynebacterium spp.) and Lactobacillus.
- The lab can confuse with diphtheroids and coryneforms, but E. rhusiopathiae is distinguished by H2S production.
- Also usually resistant to aminoglycosides and sulfonamides.
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Last updated: December 11, 2022
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Auwaerter, Paul G. "Erysipelothrix Rhusiopathiae." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2022. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540210/all/Erysipelothrix_rhusiopathiae.
Auwaerter PG. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2022. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540210/all/Erysipelothrix_rhusiopathiae. Accessed March 21, 2023.
Auwaerter, P. G. (2022). Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540210/all/Erysipelothrix_rhusiopathiae
Auwaerter PG. Erysipelothrix Rhusiopathiae [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2022. [cited 2023 March 21]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540210/all/Erysipelothrix_rhusiopathiae.
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