Anthrax

Authors

  • Cindy Gilmore General Surgery Misericordia Community Hospital

Keywords:

antrax, bacillus anthraces bacterium

Abstract

Introduction: Anthrax is a highly contagious infectious disease that can lay dormant for many years. We present cases of anthrax linked to contaminated low-cost shaving brushes.

 

References

References

Szablewski CM, Hendricks K, Bower WA, Shadomy S, Hupert N. Anthrax cases associated with animal-hair shaving brushes - volume 23, number 5—May 2017 - emerging infectious diseases journal - CDC. . . https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/5/16-1554_article. Accessed Jan 27, 2021. doi: 10.3201/eid2305.161554.

History of anthrax | CDC. https://www.cdc.gov/anthrax/basics/anthrax-history.html. Updated 2020. Accessed Jan 25, 2021.

Riedel S. Anthrax: A continuing concern in the era of bioterrorism. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2005;18(3):234-243. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1200731/. Accessed Jan 25, 2021.

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Published

2021-06-19

How to Cite

Gilmore, C. (2021). Anthrax. The Journal of Canada’s Physician Assistants, 3(7). Retrieved from https://ojs.lib.umanitoba.ca/index.php/jcpa/article/view/902

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 7 (2021): JCANPA - Seeing A New Hope

Section

Lay Sumary

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