An outbreak of cutaneous anthrax in a non-endemic district--Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.

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dc.contributor.authorRao, G Raghu Ramaen_US
dc.contributor.authorPadmaja, Jyothien_US
dc.contributor.authorLalitha, M Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorRao, P V Krishnaen_US
dc.contributor.authorGopal, K V Ten_US
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Hari Kishan Yen_US
dc.contributor.authorMohanraj, Promilaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-28T08:18:26Z
dc.date.available2009-05-28T08:18:26Z
dc.date.issued2005-03-06en_US
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Anthrax is a disease of herbivorous animals, and humans incidentally acquire the disease by handling infected dead animals and their products. Sporadic cases of human anthrax have been reported from Southern India. METHODS: Five tribal men presented with painless ulcers with vesiculation and edema of the surrounding skin on the extremities without any constitutional symptoms. There was a history of slaughtering and consumption of a dead goat ten days prior to the development of skin lesions. Clinically cutaneous anthrax was suspected and smears, swabs and punch biopsies were taken for culture and identification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). All the cases were treated with intravenous followed by oral antibiotics. Appropriate health authorities were alerted and proper control measures were employed. RESULTS: Smears from the cutaneous lesions of all five patients were positive for Bacillus anthracis and this was confirmed by a positive culture and PCR of the smears in four of the five cases. All the cases responded to antibiotics. CONCLUSION: We report five cases of cutaneous anthrax in a non-endemic district, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, for the first time.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Dermatology, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, India. graghuramarao@hotmail.comen_US
dc.identifier.citationRao GR, Padmaja J, Lalitha MK, Rao PV, Gopal KV, Kumar HK, Mohanraj P. An outbreak of cutaneous anthrax in a non-endemic district--Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology. 2005 Mar-Apr; 71(2): 102-5en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/52413
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.ijdvl.comen_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshAnthrax --diagnosisen_US
dc.subject.meshDisease Outbreaksen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_US
dc.subject.meshSkin Diseases, Bacterial --diagnosisen_US
dc.titleAn outbreak of cutaneous anthrax in a non-endemic district--Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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