Cutaneous anthrax in a remote tribal area – Araku Valley, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, southern India

Rao, G Raghu Rama; Padmaja, Jyothi; Lalitha, M. K.; Rao, P. V. Krishna; Kumar, Hari Kishan; Gopal, K.; Jaideep, M.; Mohanraj, P.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.03043.x

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“…District health authorities and animal husbandry personnel should be alerted promptly about the existence of anthrax in their area to start control measures as early as possible. In this way, mass vaccination of livestock, proper disposal of carcasses with lime, and soil decontamination in the affected areas and in nearby villages can be initiated early (24).…”

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Evaluation of cutaneous anthrax cases during an outbreak in the east region of Turkey

Ünüvar¹,

Karapinar²,

Namdar³

2016

Turk J Med Sci

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Background/aim: Anthrax is a zoonotic infection caused by Bacillus anthracis. We aimed to retrospectively evaluate cutaneous anthrax cases that occurred during an outbreak in eastern Turkey (Hakkari-Yüksekova), where people mostly earn their living from animal husbandry.Materials and methods: Forty-six cutaneous anthrax patients that were admitted to the hospital during a very short duration of 3 months (June-August 2011) were evaluated.Results: Out of 46 patients, 27 (52%) were women and 19 (48%) were men. The mean age was 37 ± 13 years. The distribution of occupations was 1 butcher, 1 cook, 5 farmers, 27 housewives, 11 shepherds, and 1 teacher. Multiple lesions were seen in 7 patients (15%) and the rest of the patients had only 1 lesion. We observed significant clinical differences among the cases and noted which particular symptoms were associated with the various skin lesions. We treated our patients with intramuscular procaine penicillin or oral ciprofloxacin/doxycycline. Conclusion:Anthrax is an important health problem that can cause lethal outbreaks. Therefore, one should think about anthrax when faced with a patient with history of animal contact that has a painless ulcer with edema and/or vesicles, especially in endemic countries like Turkey.

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confidence: 99%