ERYSIPELOTHRIX

Question 1

• Thin, pleomorphic rods with the tendency to
  form long filaments that are arranged in single,
  short chains or in a V-shaped formation

Answer 1

ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE

Question 2

H2S production in a TSI medium,
glucose and lactose fermentation.

Answer 2

(+) Biochemical Test in Erysipelothrix

Question 3

Catalase, oxidase, esculin
hydrolysis, nitrate reduction, VP and urease

Answer 3

(-) Biochemical Test in Erysipelothrix

Question 4

Facultatively anaerobic, non-motile and nonspore forming, Gram positive, rod-shaped
bacterium and positive H2S.

Answer 4

ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE

Question 5

Isolated from wild and domestic animals like
birds and fish.

Answer 5

ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE

Question 6

Major Reservoir of Eryspipelothrix Rhusiopathiae

Answer 6

Domestic swine

Question 7

Has a pattern of a “pipe cleaner” or a “test tube brush” at 22C

Answer 7

Gelatin stab culture

Question 8

Endocarditis,
septicemia and erysipeloid (red-skin infection).

Answer 8

Related infections and disease of erysipelothrix

Question 9

Direct contact with infected excreta, blood
and flesh of animals through skin breaks.

Answer 9

MOA for Erysipelothrix

Question 10

Veterinarians and fish handlers

Answer 10

Predisposed

Question 11

Best specimen gor Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Answer 11

Tissue biopsies or aspirates from the skin.
o Localized in the deeper layer of subcutaneous tissue

Question 12

pinpoint with a-haemolytic or non-
haemolytic zone.

Answer 12

BAP of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Question 13

H2S production in a TSI medium,
glucose and lactose fermentation.

Answer 13

Biochemical Test: Positive

Question 14

Catalase, oxidase, esculin hydrolysis, nitrate reduction, VP and

Answer 14

Biochemical Test negative for Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae