Erysipelothrix /Er·y·sip·e·lo·thrix/ (er″ĭ-sip´ĭ-lah-thriks″) a genus of gram-positive bacteria (family Corynebacteriaceae), containing the single species E. insidio´sa (E. rhusiopath´iae), the causative agent of swine erysipelas and erysipeloid.
Erysipelothrix [er″i-sip´ĕ-lo-thriks″]
erysipelas
Er·y·sip·e·lo·thrix ( r  -sp  -l -thrks, -s-pl-, îr-)n. A genus of gram-positive rod-shaped bacteria that are parasitic on mammals, birds, and fish; it includes the causative agent of erysipeloid. |
Erysipelothrix [er″i-sip´ĕ-lo-thriks″]
a genus of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria. It contains one species, E. rhusiopa´thiae, the causative agent of swine erysipelas, which also infects sheep, turkeys, and rats. In humans the usual type of infection is an erythematous, edematous lesion, commonly on the hand, resulting from contact with infected meat, hide, or bones. See also erysipeloid.
erysipelas
(er´isip´
ls),
n an infectious skin disease characterized by redness, swelling, vesicles, bullae, fever, pain, and lymphadenopathy. It is caused by a species of group A β-hemolytic streptococci.
ls), n an infectious skin disease characterized by redness, swelling, vesicles, bullae, fever, pain, and lymphadenopathy. It is caused by a species of group A β-hemolytic streptococci.
Erysipelothrix
(er″sip´lothriks″),
n a gram-positive bacterium that does not produce spores and has cell walls.
sip´lothriks″), n a gram-positive bacterium that does not produce spores and has cell walls.
Erysipelothrix
a genus of bacteria containing a single species; short gram-positive rods which show remarkable longevity in alkaline soils. Once the infection appears on a farm it is likely to recur.
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
the causative organism of swine erysipelas, which also infects sheep, turkeys and rats. Formerly called E. insidiosa.
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