• See also
  1. Cellulitis
  • Pathophysiology
  1. Cellulitis caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
  • Epidemiology
  1. More common in summer
  2. Food Handlers
    1. Raw Saltwater fish or shellfish
    2. Raw Poultry or meat
    3. Animal Hides
  • Symptoms
  1. Onset one week after hand abrasions
  2. Pruritic, painful Rash develops at abrasion site
  • Signs
  1. Locally tender violaceous swellings with raised margin
  2. Lesions spread peripherally
  3. Brown pigmentation of lesions then follows
  • Differential Diagnosis
  1. See Cellulitis
  2. Erysipelas
    1. Erysipeloid is a slower, subacute infection