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Swine Erysipelas

MedGen UID:
52606
•Concept ID:
C0039007
•
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

An acute and chronic contagious disease of young pigs caused by Erysipelothrix insidiosa. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSwine Erysipelas

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Integrated resource-driven pig production systems in a mountainous area of Northeast India: production practices and pig performance.
Kumaresan A, Bujarbaruah KM, Pathak KA, Das A, Bardoloi RK
Trop Anim Health Prod 2009 Oct;41(7):1187-96. Epub 2008 Dec 20 doi: 10.1007/s11250-008-9299-y. PMID: 19101816
DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis of swine erysipelas.
Vet Med 1946 Jul;41:248. PMID: 20988172

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Modern science for better quality control of medicinal products "Towards global harmonization of 3Rs in biologicals": The report of an EPAA workshop.
Schutte K, Szczepanska A, Halder M, Cussler K, Sauer UG, Stirling C, Uhlrich S, Wilk-Zasadna I, John D, Bopst M, Garbe J, Glansbeek HL, Levis R, Serreyn PJ, Smith D, Stickings P
Biologicals 2017 Jul;48:55-65. Epub 2017 Jun 7 doi: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2017.05.006. PMID: 28596049
Integrated resource-driven pig production systems in a mountainous area of Northeast India: production practices and pig performance.
Kumaresan A, Bujarbaruah KM, Pathak KA, Das A, Bardoloi RK
Trop Anim Health Prod 2009 Oct;41(7):1187-96. Epub 2008 Dec 20 doi: 10.1007/s11250-008-9299-y. PMID: 19101816

Diagnosis

A dangerous hobby? Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae bacteremia most probably acquired from freshwater aquarium fish handling.
Asimaki E, Nolte O, Overesch G, Strahm C
Infection 2017 Aug;45(4):557-562. Epub 2016 Nov 21 doi: 10.1007/s15010-016-0966-z. PMID: 27873166
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.
Wang Q, Chang BJ, Riley TV
Vet Microbiol 2010 Jan 27;140(3-4):405-17. Epub 2009 Aug 8 doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.08.012. PMID: 19733019
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: bacteriology, epidemiology and clinical manifestations of an occupational pathogen.
Brooke CJ, Riley TV
J Med Microbiol 1999 Sep;48(9):789-799. doi: 10.1099/00222615-48-9-789. PMID: 10482289
Photo quiz. Diagnosis: swine erysipelas (erysipeloid).
Bergé F, Dupon M, Morel D, Merville P
Clin Infect Dis 1996 Jan;22(1):21, 129. PMID: 8824976
DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis of swine erysipelas.
Vet Med 1946 Jul;41:248. PMID: 20988172

Prognosis

Human Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection via bath water - case report and genome announcement.
Zautner AE, Tersteegen A, Schiffner CJ, Ðilas M, Marquardt P, Riediger M, Delker AM, Mäde D, Kaasch AJ
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022;12:981477. Epub 2022 Oct 24 doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.981477. PMID: 36353709Free PMC Article
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.
Wang Q, Chang BJ, Riley TV
Vet Microbiol 2010 Jan 27;140(3-4):405-17. Epub 2009 Aug 8 doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.08.012. PMID: 19733019
Integrated resource-driven pig production systems in a mountainous area of Northeast India: production practices and pig performance.
Kumaresan A, Bujarbaruah KM, Pathak KA, Das A, Bardoloi RK
Trop Anim Health Prod 2009 Oct;41(7):1187-96. Epub 2008 Dec 20 doi: 10.1007/s11250-008-9299-y. PMID: 19101816
Food handler's infection (swine erysipelas) in man.
DEBENHAM M
Calif Med 1949 Jun;70(6):486-8. PMID: 18131686Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Human Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection via bath water - case report and genome announcement.
Zautner AE, Tersteegen A, Schiffner CJ, Ðilas M, Marquardt P, Riediger M, Delker AM, Mäde D, Kaasch AJ
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022;12:981477. Epub 2022 Oct 24 doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.981477. PMID: 36353709Free PMC Article
Observation of swine erysipelas in turkeys (including the public health aspect and possible human cases).
STILES GW
J Am Vet Med Assoc 1946 Jul;109:65-9. PMID: 20988134

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