Tenosynovitis of a digit due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: case report and review of the literature

K Tolis; S Spyridonos; S Tsiplakou; E Fandridis

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2015.10.007

Tenosynovitis of a digit due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: case report and review of the literature

New Microbes New Infect. 2015 Oct 20:8:128-30. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2015.10.007. eCollection 2015 Nov.

Authors

K Tolis¹, S Spyridonos¹, S Tsiplakou², E Fandridis¹

Affiliations

¹ Hand Surgery, Upper Limb and Microsurgery Department, Greece.
² Microbiology Department, General Hospital KAT, Kifissia, Greece.

Abstract

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a Gram-positive bacterium that in humans causes skin infections, such as erysipeloid, as a result of direct contact with contaminated animals or their waste or products. We present the first reported case of tenosynovitis of a finger in a 30-year-old woman.

Keywords: Animal infection; erysipeloid; gram positive; hand infection; sheath decompression.

Publication types

Case Reports