Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: An Important Cause of Bacterial Disease in Farmed Pigs and an Occupational Pathogen of Humans

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International Journal of Clinical & Medical Microbiology Volume 3 (2018), Article ID 3:IJCMM-134, 3 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4028/2018/134

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Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: An Important Cause of Bacterial Disease in Farmed Pigs and an Occupational Pathogen of Humans

Margaret Spiteri¹ and Andrew W. Taylor-Robinson^2*

¹School of Health, Medical & Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia
²School of Health, Medical & Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Corresponding Author Details: Prof. Andrew W. Taylor-Robinson, School of Health, Medical & Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, 160 Ann Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia, Tel: +61 7 3295 1185; E-mail: a.taylor-robinson@cqu.edu.au

Received: 23 September 2018; Accepted: 08 November 2018; Published: 10 November 2018

Citation: Spiteri M, Taylor-Robinson AW (2018) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: An Important Cause of Bacterial Disease in Farmed Pigs and an Occupational Pathogen of Humans. Int J Clin Med Microbiol 3: 134. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4028/2018/134

Copyright: © 2018 Spiteri et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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