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Erysipeloid

See also
1. Cellulitis
Pathophysiology
1. Cellulitis caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Epidemiology
1. More common in summer
2. Food Handlers
  1. Raw Saltwater fish or shellfish
  2. Raw Poultry or meat
  3. Animal Hides
Symptoms
1. Onset one week after hand abrasions
2. Pruritic, painful Rash develops at abrasion site
Signs
1. Locally tender violaceous swellings with raised margin
2. Lesions spread peripherally
3. Brown pigmentation of lesions then follows
Differential Diagnosis
1. See Cellulitis
2. Erysipelas
  1. Erysipeloid is a slower, subacute infection

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