Erysipelas

丹毒

英文解释

Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus) is the usual etiologic agent of erysipelas. Symptoms and signs of erysipelas are chills, fever, a well-demarcated, erythematous, indurated, rapidly spreading patch with a palpable advancing border on the face or extremities. This disease most frequently affects infants, small children and the elderly.

中文解释

化脓性链球菌（A 组链球菌）是丹毒的常见病原体。丹毒的症状和体征是发冷、发热、边界清楚、红斑、硬结、迅速扩散的斑块，在面部或四肢有可触及的推进边界。这种疾病最常影响婴儿、小孩和老人。

参考文献

[1]. Celestin, R et al. Erysipelas: a common potentially dangerous infection.Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannonica Adriat. 2007 Sep;16(3):123-7.
[2]. Stevens, Dennis L., and Amy E. Bryant. Impetigo, Erysipelas and Cellulitis. Streptococcus pyogenes: Basic Biology to Clinical Manifestations, edited by Joseph J. Ferretti et. al., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 10 February 2016.