Cutaneous Anthrax Usually Starts as a Single Lesion. (Culture is key to Diagnosis).(Brief Article)

From: Family Practice News | Date: November 1, 2001| Author: Boschert, Sherry | Copyright information

Mailroom workers in high-profile office buildings now fit the occupational profile for people at risk for cutaneous anthrax.

About 95% of anthrax cases appear as cutaneous disease, limited until recently to cattlemen, butchers, and others who come in contact with infected animals or their hides. If a patient's occupational history and history of an evolving rash make you suspect cutaneous anthrax, the next step is a routine Gram's stain and culture, or a biopsy and cultu...

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