Clinical Presentation of Inhalational Anthrax Following Bioterrorism Exposure
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Clinical presentation of inhalational anthrax following bioterrorism exposure: report of 2 surviving patients.
The use of anthrax as a weapon of biological terrorism has moved from theory to reality in recent weeks. Following processing of a letter containing anthrax spores that had been mailed to a US senator, 5 cases of inhalational anthrax have occurred among postal workers employed at a major postal facility in Washington, DC. This report details the clinical presentation, diagnostic workup, and ini...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.286.20.2549