Abstract

SPARO, Mónica Delfina; DE LUCA, María Marta; SCHELL, Celia María  and  BASUALDO FARJAT, Juan Angel. First report of cutaneous cellulitis caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in two rural workers. Acta bioquím. clín. latinoam. [online]. 2011, vol.45, n.1, pp.119-124. ISSN 0325-2957.

This report describes two cases of cutaneous cellulitis in workers at the same poultry farm in the rural area of Tandil, Argentina. In both patients E. rhusiopathiae was identified from culture samples obtained through biopsy. Investigation of the reservoir showed that, in all samples of fowl waste and in 2 samples of feed, E. rhusiopathiae was isolated with identical biochemical and antibiotic resistance profiles to those of the isolated strains in the case reports. Even though molecular analyses are required to establish an epidemiologic relation between the strains found in the patients and those on the farm, it can be inferred that the source of human infection was the extensive poultry farm.

Keywords : Cutaneous cellulitis; Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; Tandil; Poultry farm; Rural workers.

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