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Descriptor English: Erysipeloid
Descriptor Spanish: Erisipeloide
Descriptor erisipeloide
Scope note: Infección causada por Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae que casi siempre afecta a personas que en su trabajo manipulan pescado, mariscos, aves o carne infectados. Esta enfermedad se presenta en tres formas: una forma leve localizada que se manifiesta por hinchazón y enrojecimiento local de la piel; una forma difusa que puede presentarse con fiebre; y una rara forma sistémica asociada a endocarditis.
Descriptor Portuguese: Erisipeloide
Descriptor French: Érysipéloïde
Entry term(s): Erysipeloids
Tree number(s): C01.150.252.410.334.329
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004887
Scope note: An infection caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae that is almost wholly restricted to persons who in their occupation handle infected fish, shellfish, poultry, or meat. Three forms of this condition exist: a mild localized form manifested by local swelling and redness of the skin; a diffuse form that might present with fever; and a rare systemic form associated with endocarditis.
Annotation: caused by the bacterium Erysipelothrix; do not confuse with ERYSIPELAS, caused by a Streptococcus
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 4973
Unique ID: D004887
NLM Classification: WC 234
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1991/06/12
Erysipeloid - Preferred
Concept UI M0007676
Scope note An infection caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae that is almost wholly restricted to persons who in their occupation handle infected fish, shellfish, poultry, or meat. Three forms of this condition exist: a mild localized form manifested by local swelling and redness of the skin; a diffuse form that might present with fever; and a rare systemic form associated with endocarditis.
Preferred term Erysipeloid
Entry term(s) Erysipeloids



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