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cutaneous anthrax

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Noun1.cutaneous anthrax - a form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxins; symptoms of septicemia are severe with vomiting and high fever and profuse sweating; the infection is often fatal
malignant pustule
anthrax - a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia


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Because cutaneous anthrax was suspected, wound crusts, swabs for bacterial cultures, and Dacron swabs used for PCR were mailed as quickly as possible to the Belgian national reference laboratory.
Cutaneous anthrax, Belgian traveler by Van Esroeck, Marjan / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Eleven cases of inhalation anthrax and seven cases of cutaneous anthrax were diagnosed.
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The telltale symptom of cutaneous anthrax is a large sore with a black, scabby center.
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