Invasive Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection in northeast Thailand.

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health

Medical Department, Sappasithiprasong Hospital, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.

Published: May 2007

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.

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