Bacillus Anthracis

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Last updated 6:13 AM on 12/17/25
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Morphology

  • Rods

  • bamboo tree, long chains

  • Capsule

  • SPORE forming

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Staining

Gram +

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Pathogenic factor

Exotoxins

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Cultivation

simple / blood / peptone agar:

  • round

  • no hemolysis

simple broth:

  • cotton like sediment

<p><strong>simple / blood / peptone agar:</strong></p><ul><li><p>round</p></li><li><p>no hemolysis</p></li></ul><p></p><p><strong>simple broth:</strong></p><ul><li><p>cotton like sediment</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Specimen

  • Secretion of Malignant pustules

  • blood

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Symptoms

cutanous:

  • Itchy Papule

  • Visicle - ulcer

  • Black malignant pustule

Inhalation:

  • first flu like symptoms

  • hemorrhagic mediastinitis

  • shock - cyanosis

GI- Anthrax:

  • severe abdominal pain

  • Nausea, vomiting

  • bloody diarrhea

  • fever

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Antibiotics

  • Penicillin

  • Doxycyclin

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Vaccine

  • Live attenuated vaccine