TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 251. Anthrax (Bacillus Anthracis)
A1  - Bratcher, Denise
A2  - Rudolph, Colin D.
A2  - Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2  - Lister, George E.
A2  - First, Lewis R.
A2  - Gershon, Anne A.
Y1  - 2011
N1  - 
T2  - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
AB  - Anthrax  is  an  acute  infectious  disease  caused  by  the  gram-positive,  encapsulated,  nonmotile,  spore-forming  rod  Bacillus  anthracis.1,2  The  incubation  period  is  1  to  7  days  after  exposure,  and  no  person-to-person  transmission  is  documented.  Its  potential  as  an  agent  of  bioterrorism  should  prompt  immediate  notification  of  the  local  or  state  health  department  upon  first  suspicion  of  an  anthrax-like  illness.  Human  anthrax  cases  arise  after  exposure  to  infected  animals  or  their  products  and  rarely  occur  in  the  United  States.  In  2001,  B  anthracis  spores  intentionally  delivered  through  the  US  Postal  Serviceresulted  in  22  cases  of  bioterrorism-related  anthrax.3  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7025120
ER  -