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cutaneous anthrax, cutaneous anthrax, inhalation anthrax, antibodies, wool sorter's disease, ragpicker's disease, anthrax, infectious disease, spore-forming bacteria, bacillus anthracis, infection in humans most often involves, skin, gastrointestinal tract, lungs, cutaneous anthrax, inhalation anthrax, anthrax commonly affects hoofed animals sheep, goats, humans who come in contact, the infected animals can get sick from anthrax, too, historically, populations most at risk, anthrax included farm workers, veterinarians, tannery, wool workers, three primary routes of anthrax infection, cutaneous anthrax occurs, anthrax touches a cut, scrape on the skin, inhalation anthrax develops, anthrax spores enter the lungs, gastrointestinal anthrax occurs, someone eats anthrax-contaminated meat, develops, one week, affect the mouth, esophagus, intestines, colon, infection can spread to the bloodstream, death, anthrax, potential agent, a biological weapon, bio-terrorism, in 2001, bioterrorist activities involving the, postal service infected 22 people, anthrax, 7 survivors, cutaneous anthrax disease, at least 17 nations, a biological weapons program, unknown how many nations, groups, working, anthrax, most bio-terrorism experts, technologically difficult, use anthrax effectively, a weapon on a large scale, cutaneous anthrax, blister, ulcer that later forms a black scab, has extensive surrounding swelling, inhalation anthrax, initial stage presents, fever, malaise, headache, cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, shock, in the second stage, gastrointestinal anthrax, nausea, vomiting, blood, anorexia, bloody diarrhea, tests to diagnose anthrax depend on the type of disease suspected, cutaneous anthrax is suspected, a culture, the skin lesion, identify the bacteria that causes, anthrax, inhalational anthrax is suspected, a chest x-ray, blood cultures, sputum cultures, spinal tap, csf culture, gram stain performed, samples, sent to a special lab, more definitive testing, pcr, immunoflourescence, immunohistochemistry, mainstay of treatment is early antibiotic therapy, several antibiotics, penicillin, doxycycline, ciprofloxacin, cipro, treating inhalation anthrax, of antibiotics, starting, an intravenous form of cipro plus another agent, cutaneous anthrax is treated, oral, pill-form, antibiotics, length of treatment is currently, 60 days, take spores that long to germinate, event of a bioterrorist attack, national pharmaceutical stockpile is available, supplement, help provide antibiotics should a shortage occur, antibiotics, prognosis of cutaneous anthrax is excellent, untreated, up to 20% of individuals, die, due to anthrax-related blood infections, , patients, second-stage inhalation anthrax have a poor outlook, antibiotic therapy, up to 90% of cases, in the second stage, fatal, prognosis of gastrointestinal anthrax is also poor, a a high number of individuals die from this form, cutaneous anthrax, spread of infection, bloodstream, inhalational anthrax, hemorrhagic meningitis, mediastinitis, shock, death, gastrointestinal anthrax, hemorrhage, shock, death, call health care provider, an exposure to anthrax, develop signs, symptoms of cutaneous, inhalation, gastrointestinal anthrax, two primary modes of prevention of anthrax, individuals, been truly exposed to anthrax, have no signs, preventive antibiotics offered, ciprofloxacin, penicillin, doxycycline, depending on the particular strain of anthrax, an anthrax vaccine is available, selected military personnel, general public, 6-dose series, no known transmission of cutaneous anthrax from person to person, household contacts of individuals, cutaneous anthrax, not need antibiotics, also been exposed, same source of anthrax, reissman db, whitney ea, taylor th jr, et al, one-year health assessment of adult survivors of bacillus anthracis infection, jama, 291, 1994-1998, inglesby tv, o'toole t, henderson da, et al, anthrax, a biological weapon, jama, 160, 287, 2236-2252.