Preferred Label : Cutaneous erysipeloid;
ICD-11 definition : A skin infection due to the bacterium Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. It is most commonly
due to direct trauma allowing the bacterium to enter the skin from infected meat.
Rarely the infection may become disseminated over the skin surface with multiple lesions.;
Origin ID : 1376753221;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
A skin infection due to the bacterium Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. It is most commonly
due to direct trauma allowing the bacterium to enter the skin from infected meat.
Rarely the infection may become disseminated over the skin surface with multiple lesions.
