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Erysipelothrix

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Erysipelothrix [‚er·ə′sip·ə·lō‚thriks]
(microbiology)
A genus of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria of uncertain affiliation; cells have a tendency to form long filaments.


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[dagger]) Other category includes Bifidobacterium (2), Brevibacterium (2), Actinomyces (1), Aureobacterium (1), Erysipelothrix (1), Eubacterium (1), and Oerskovia spp.
Infection References Dermatologic (76-93) Vibrio cholerae non-01 Other vibrionaceae Mycobacterium marinum Erysipelothrix rhusopathiae Cercarial dermatitis Sea lice Algal dermatitis Gastrointestinal (32,58,76,88-90,94,95) Vibrio cholerae Other vibrionaceae Salmonella typhi Entamoeba histolytica Giardia lamblia Respiratory (88,89,96) Other vibrionaceae Francisella philomiragia Sepsis (32,77,79,88-90,97,98) Other vibrionaceae Francisella philomiragia Erysipelothrix rhusopathiae
For some other etiologic agents, both animals and abiotic environment can be the reservoir (Listeria, Erysipelothrix, Yersinia pseudo-tuberculosis, Burkholderia pseudomallei, and Rhodococcus equi), and the diseases might be, in fact, called saprozoonosis (not sensu 9) in that their source can be either an animal or an abiotic substrate.
 
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