Cutaneous anthrax

Cutaneous Anthrax
Cutaneous Anthrax
Inhalation Anthrax
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Cutaneous anthraxoccurs when anthraxtouches a cut or scrape on the skin.
Inhalation anthrax develops when anthrax spores enter the lungs.
Gastrointestinalanthraxoccurs when someone eats anthrax-contaminated meat.
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Cutaneous anthrax
In humans, anthrax usually occurs when the spores enter a cut or abrasion, causing a skin (cutaneous) infection at the site. Cutaneous anthrax, as this infection is called, is the mildest and most common form of the disease.
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People handling dead animals, such as abattoir workers and tanners, are at the highest risk of developing cutaneous anthrax, also nicknamed Woolsorter's disease.
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entering broken skin and germinating there to cause cutaneous anthrax;
being inhaled and germinating in the lungs to cause inhalation anthrax; or
being eaten and germinating in the gastrointestinal tract to cause gastrointestinal anthrax.
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Where the bacteria are common, human infection remains uncommon. Humans are relatively resistant, but the spores may gain access through even tiny breaks in the skin. Cutaneous anthrax is easy to cure if it is treated early with appropriate ...
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