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Figure 1. Episode of erysipelas of the right lower limb in patient #8 (a, anterior view and b, posterior view), which occurred shortly after the patient discontinued prophylaxis with oral phenoxymethylpenicillin (1,000,000 IU, two times a day) initiated for the prevention of recurrent erysipelas. The patient keeps track of all his erysipelas episodes and reported this one to be the forty-fourth. Written permission for publishing the figures was obtained from the patient.