RT Book, Section
A1 Bratcher, Denise
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7025120
T1 Chapter 251. Anthrax (Bacillus Anthracis)
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7025120
RD 2022/08/15
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