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Four days prior to presentation, the dog had chewed on a raw turkey carcase.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods\u00a0\u2013\u2002<\/jats:bold>Complete blood count, serum chemistry profile, urinalysis and blood cultures.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results\u00a0\u2013\u2002<\/jats:bold>Blood cultures yielded a pure growth of<jats:italic>E.\u00a0rhusiopathiae<\/jats:italic>serotype\u20031b. Amoxicillin 22\u2003mg\/kg orally twice daily for 2\u2003weeks and discontinuation of azathioprine resulted in remission of fever and skin lesions.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions and clinical importance\u00a0\u2013\u2002<\/jats:bold>This report is the first documentation, to the best of the authors\u2019 knowledge, of<jats:italic>Erysipelothrix<\/jats:italic>infection, a known zoonosis, in an immunosuppressed dog, highlighting the need for infectious disease monitoring in patients receiving such therapy. 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