Fatal Inhalational Anthrax in a 94-Year-Old Connecticut Woman

We describe the 11th case of bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax reported in the United States. The presenting clinical features of this 94-year-old woman were subtle and nondistinctive. The diagnosis was recognized because blood cultures were obtained prior to administration of antibiotics, e...

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Veröffentlicht in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2002-02, Vol.287 (7), p.863-868
Hauptverfasser:	Barakat, Lydia A, Quentzel, Howard L, Jernigan, John A, Kirschke, David L, Griffith, Kevin, Spear, Stephen M, Kelley, Katherine, Barden, Diane, Mayo, Donald, Stephens, David S, Popovic, Tanja, Marston, Chung, Zaki, Sherif R, Guarner, Jeanette, Shieh, Wun-Ju, Carver II, H. Wayne, Meyer, Richard F, Swerdlow, David L, Mast, Eric E, Hadler, James L, for the Anthrax Bioterrorism Investigation Team
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Anthrax Anthrax - diagnosis Autopsy Bacillus anthracis - genetics Bacillus anthracis - isolation & purification Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the respiratory system Biological & chemical terrorism Biological and medical sciences Bioterrorism Case studies Connecticut DNA, Bacterial - analysis Environmental Exposure Fatal Outcome Fatalities Female Hemorrhage Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Lymph Nodes - pathology Mediastinal Diseases - diagnostic imaging Mediastinal Diseases - etiology Mediastinal Diseases - pathology Mediastinum Medical diagnosis Medical sciences Necrosis Pleural Effusion - diagnostic imaging Pleural Effusion - etiology Pulmonary Edema - etiology Radiography Respiratory Insufficiency - etiology Respiratory Tract Infections - diagnosis Spores, Bacterial
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