Anthrax is an often fatal bacterial infection that occurs whenBacillus anthracis endospores enter the body through abrasionsin the skin or by inhalation or ingestion.1 It is a zoonosisto which most mammals, especially grazing herbivores, are consideredsusceptible. Human infections result from contact with contaminatedanimals or animal products, and there are no known cases ofhuman-to-human transmission. Human anthrax is not common, andonly one of us has seen a case. Cutaneous anthrax, the mostcommon form, is usually curable. A small percentage of cutaneousinfections become systemic, and these can be fatal. Systemicinfection resulting from . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Pathogenesis
Clinical Manifestations
Cutaneous Anthrax
Gastrointestinal and Oropharyngeal Anthrax
Inhalational Anthrax
Anthrax Meningitis
Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
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Serologic and Immunologic Tests
New Molecular Diagnostic Methods
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From the Department of Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. (T.C.D., P.C.H.); the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. (M.M.); the Department of Sociology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass. (J.G.); and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor (P.C.H.).
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