Erysipeloid

Erysipeloid is the localized cutaneous form of the infection caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. In this patient, violaceous maculopapular lesions of the fingers developed after cleaning fish.

Courtesy of Lee T Nesbitt, Jr. The Skin and Infection: A Color Atlas and Text, Sanders CV, Nesbitt LT Jr (Eds), Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995.

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