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Case Report

Aortic Valve Endocarditis with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: A Rare Zoonosis

by
Jenny Jónsdóttir Nielsen
1,2,*,
Bjørn Blomberg
3,
Shahin Gaïni
2,4,5 and
Steinar Lundemoen
6
1
Department of Infectious Diseases, Odense University Hospital, J.B.Winsløwsvej 4, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark
2
Medical Department, Infectious Diseases Division, National Hospital Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
3
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
4
Infectious Diseases Research Unit, Odense University Hospital and University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
5
Centre of Health Research and Department of Science and Technology, University of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
6
National Centre for Tropical Infectious Diseases, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Infect. Dis. Rep. 2018, 10(3), 7770; https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2018.7770
Submission received: 4 June 2018 / Revised: 11 July 2018 / Accepted: 11 July 2018 / Published: 6 November 2018

Abstract

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae has an economic impact in animal husbandry by causing infection in swine, sheep and poultry. E. rhusiopathiae is present in the surface mucoid slime on fish, although fishes do not seem to be affected. Humans can get infected, maost often through occupational exposure and may suffer typical erysipeloid infection on exposed skin such as on hands and fingers, or deeper skin infections, and sometimes sepsis and endocarditis, associated with high case-fatality rate. We describe a case of aortic valve endocarditis caused by E. rhusiopathiae in a 59-year-old man who enjoyed fishing in his spare time.
Keywords: Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; endocarditis;; zoonosis Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; endocarditis;; zoonosis

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Nielsen, J.J.; Blomberg, B.; Gaïni, S.; Lundemoen, S. Aortic Valve Endocarditis with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: A Rare Zoonosis. Infect. Dis. Rep. 2018, 10, 7770. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2018.7770

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Nielsen JJ, Blomberg B, Gaïni S, Lundemoen S. Aortic Valve Endocarditis with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: A Rare Zoonosis. Infectious Disease Reports. 2018; 10(3):7770. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2018.7770

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Nielsen, Jenny Jónsdóttir, Bjørn Blomberg, Shahin Gaïni, and Steinar Lundemoen. 2018. "Aortic Valve Endocarditis with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: A Rare Zoonosis" Infectious Disease Reports 10, no. 3: 7770. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2018.7770

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