Asimaki, EEAsimakiNolte, OONolteOveresch, GudrunGudrunOvereschStrahm, CCStrahm2025-01-082025-01-082017-08https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/199049Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a facultative anaerobic Gram-positive rod that occurs widely in nature and is best known in veterinary medicine for causing swine erysipelas. In humans, infections are rare and mainly considered as occupationally acquired zoonosis. A case of E. rhusiopathiae bacteremia most likely associated with home freshwater aquarium handling is reported. The route of transmission was probably a cut with the dorsal fin of a dead pet fish. A short review of clinical presentations, therapeutic considerations and pitfalls of E. rhusiopathiae infections in humans is presented.en600 - Technology::610 - Medicine & health600 - Technology::630 - Agriculturearticle10.7892/boris.986412787316610.1007/s15010-016-0966-z