#7 CH.20- Anthrax

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type of disease

  • bacterial

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caused by

  • Bacillus anthracis

    • obligate aerobe— get O2 from skin & resp. tract

    • ubiquitous

    • soil environment | close to Clostridium bacteria

      -can both form ENDOSPORES

      -from cut on skin, inhalation

      -can spread only in endospore form

      -NOT contagious person → person

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bacteria makes

  • toxins

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Cutaneous Anthrax

  • gets on skin

  • prognosis=good | fairly treatable

  • found in farmers, landscapers

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Respiratory Anthrax

  • aka “Pulmonary Anthrax”

  • via inhalation

  • prognosis=worse | fairly NOT treatable

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Intestinal Anthrax

  • unbelievably rare b/c it is an anaerobic environment (bacillus don’t like)

  • prognosis=the worst as it’s the most internal

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Tx

  • antibiotics may be effective (Ciproflaxacin)

    • success depents on type of disease