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Medical Definition of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
1. A species which causes swine erysipelas, human erysipeloid, non-suppurative polyarthritis in lambs, and septicaemia in mice, and commonly infects fish handlers; it is the type species of the genus Erysipelothrix. Synonym: Erysipelothrix insidiosa. (05 Mar 2000)