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The events that began this September, which have been described repeatedly in the media, have heightened awareness of and concern about anthrax. The initial reports documented 12 cases of clinical anthrax. These included two cases of inhalational anthrax (one of them fatal) among employees of a tabloid publishing company in Boca Raton, Florida, and four other cases of inhalational anthrax (two of them fatal) among postal workers in Washington, D.C., and Trenton, New Jersey. The six other confirmed cases of anthrax were of the cutaneous form, including two cases of cutaneous anthrax in New York City in persons who had . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Bacteriology

Pathogenesis

Epidemiology

Clinical Features

Inhalational Anthrax

Cutaneous Anthrax

Gastrointestinal Anthrax

Anthrax Meningitis

Diagnosis

Differential Diagnosis

Laboratory Diagnosis

Postexposure Prophylaxis

Antimicrobial Therapy

Clinically Evident Inhalational Anthrax

Cutaneous Anthrax

Hospital Infection Control and Decontamination

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Because of current health concern, this article was published at www.nejm.org on November 6, 2001.

From the Department of Medicine, Bullfinch 127, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St., Boston, MA 02114-2696, where reprint requests should be addressed to Dr. Swartz.

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