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Erysipelas (/ˌɛrəˈsɪpələs/) is a relatively common bacterial infection of the superficial layer of the skin (upper dermis), extending to the superficial

primarily considered an animal pathogen, causing the disease known as erysipelas that may affect a wide range of animals. Pigs, turkeys and laying hens

are streptococci and Staphylococcus aureus. In contrast to cellulitis, erysipelas is a bacterial infection involving the more superficial layers of the

assistant Louis Thuillier to southern France because of an epizootic of swine erysipelas. Thuillier identified the bacillus that caused the disease in March 1883

long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of alkaloids Erysipelas, an acute infection, typically with a skin rash St Anthony's Fire (novel)

speculative causes of his illness included smallpox, the bacterial infection erysipelas, and leprosy. Recovering at the castle of Vincennes, by the end of June

handle fish and raw meat. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae also causes Swine Erysipelas. It is common in domestic pigs and can be transmitted to humans who work

Agricultural workers Cavers Civil engineers Coppersmiths Dying people Erysipelas Europe Farmers Fever Gall stones Heerdt, Germany Heraldry and Officers

PMID 21944621. S2CID 26732207. Goldsmith M (1863). A report on hospital gangrene, erysipelas and pyaemia (Report). Bradley & Gilbert. Watson S. "Hospital Gangrene

befriended fellow Russian-Ukrainian Marxist Leon Trotsky. Lenin fell ill with erysipelas and was unable to take such a leading role on the Iskra editorial board;