Open AccessMilker’s nodule: An under‐reported and under‐diagnosed occupational infection
Author(s) -
Poudel Guru Prasad,
Agrawal Sudha,
Dhakal Sushil
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.2850
Subject(s) - medicine , nodule (geology) , personal protective equipment , occupational exposure , farm workers , dermatology , surgery , pathology , emergency medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , covid-19 , ecology , agriculture , paleontology , biology
Single or multiple minimal painful nodulo‐ulcerative lesions over hand in dairy farm worker suggest likelihood of Milker's nodule.Use of personal protective equipment and antiseptics suffice treatment without unnecessary investigation and medicine.