Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae


Er·y·sip·e·lo·thrix rhu·si·o·path·'i·ae

a species that causes swine erysipelas, human erysipeloid, nonsuppurative polyarthritis in lambs, and septicemia in mice, and commonly infects fish handlers; it is the type species of the genus Erysipelothrix. Synonym(s): Erysipelothrix insidiosa

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

(ĕr″ĭ-sĭ-pĕl′ŏ-thrĭks) [″ + ″ + thrix, hair] A species of gram-positive, filamentous bacilli that causes erysipeloid.