Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine (Mar 2016)

Cutaneous Anthrax Patients: Evaluation of Four Family Members

  • Kamil Tünay,
  • Havva Tünay,
  • Neşe Demirtürk,
  • Oya Oruç,
  • Talip Çevik,
  • Ahmet Boyacı

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5152/eajem.2016.80388
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 1
pp. 54 – 55

Abstract

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Anthrax is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by B.anthracis. Declining with each passing day in our country is still an endemic disease. Cutaneous anthrax- (CA) is the most common form and consists of approximately 95% of all cases of anthrax. In this study, we report and discuss with literature 4 skin anthrax diagnosed patients who admitted to emergency service with complaints of no pain and black colored wound on their hands in the same family members.

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