Mahavanakul Weera, Limmathurotsakul Direk, Teerawattanasuk Nittaya, Peacock Sharon J
Medical Department, Sappasithiprasong Hospital, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2007 May;38(3):478-81.
Three cases of invasive Erysipelothrix rhusipathiae infection, which is considered rare, presented to a hospital in Ubon Ratchathani, northeast Thailand during 2006. Patients presented with variable clinical manifestations including diffused cutaneous lesions, bacteremia and endocarditis. Erysipelothrix infection may be an emerging infection in immunocompromized individuals in Thailand.
