Arcanobacterium haemolyticum infection

Arcanobacterium haemolyticum infection
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum infection
	Arcanobacterium haemolyticum colonies growing on the blood agar.
Specialty	Dermatology

An Arcanobacterium haemolyticum infection is any of several types of infection with the gram-positive bacillus Arcanobacterium haemolyticum. It can cause an acute pharyngitis, and it may cause an exanthem characterized by an erythematous, morbilliform or scarlatiniform eruption involving the trunk and extremities.^[1]^: 268

References

^ James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.

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