Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae-associated bloodstream infection in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT: Introduction. Systemic human infections caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae have been increasingly reported especially within immunocompromised hosts and those with significant occupational exposure to livestock and aquatic animals. We report a case of E. rhusiopathiae bacteraemia in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and present a literature review on clinical outcomes and microbiologic diagnosis for this organism. Casepresentation. A 43-year-old female patient was reporting a 1-month history of intermittent fevers. She recently increased her immunosuppression medication for her underlying SLE on the advice of her rheumatologist. The patient sustained a finger laceration from butchering cattle meat 2 weeks after the onset of her initial sympto

SUBMITTER: Lo CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11649197 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature