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Human Anthrax in Dolj County, Romania—A Series of Three Cases
Bacillus anthracis is the causative agent of anthrax, primarily a disease of herbivorous animals, which can be accidentally transmitted to humans. Three cases of cutaneous human anthrax were recorded in August 2020 in Dolj county, Romania. These cases included livestock farmers (husband and wife, as...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8224695/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34071062 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10060644 |
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author | Dumitrescu, Florentina Georgescu, Eugen Florin Giubelan, Lucian Pădureanu, Vlad Stoian, Andreea Cristina Dincă, Viorica Georgescu, Milena Dragonu, Livia Marinescu, Daniela |
author_facet | Dumitrescu, Florentina Georgescu, Eugen Florin Giubelan, Lucian Pădureanu, Vlad Stoian, Andreea Cristina Dincă, Viorica Georgescu, Milena Dragonu, Livia Marinescu, Daniela |
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description | Bacillus anthracis is the causative agent of anthrax, primarily a disease of herbivorous animals, which can be accidentally transmitted to humans. Three cases of cutaneous human anthrax were recorded in August 2020 in Dolj county, Romania. These cases included livestock farmers (husband and wife, as well as a man from their entourage). The women presented malignant edema, which required surgery for compartment syndrome; and the men presented the common form of cutaneous anthrax. According to the laboratory investigation, two cases complied with the criteria in the case definition. All cases were successfully treated with antibiotics and the women received reconstructive plastic surgery of the skin defects, restoring normal hand function. The contact with sick animals was ruled out by the health authorities concluding that it was the contamination of pre-existing skin lesions with B. anthracis spores from the soil, the anthracogenic area. |
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spelling | pubmed-82246952021-06-25 Human Anthrax in Dolj County, Romania—A Series of Three Cases Dumitrescu, Florentina Georgescu, Eugen Florin Giubelan, Lucian Pădureanu, Vlad Stoian, Andreea Cristina Dincă, Viorica Georgescu, Milena Dragonu, Livia Marinescu, Daniela Pathogens Case Report Bacillus anthracis is the causative agent of anthrax, primarily a disease of herbivorous animals, which can be accidentally transmitted to humans. Three cases of cutaneous human anthrax were recorded in August 2020 in Dolj county, Romania. These cases included livestock farmers (husband and wife, as well as a man from their entourage). The women presented malignant edema, which required surgery for compartment syndrome; and the men presented the common form of cutaneous anthrax. According to the laboratory investigation, two cases complied with the criteria in the case definition. All cases were successfully treated with antibiotics and the women received reconstructive plastic surgery of the skin defects, restoring normal hand function. The contact with sick animals was ruled out by the health authorities concluding that it was the contamination of pre-existing skin lesions with B. anthracis spores from the soil, the anthracogenic area. MDPI 2021-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8224695/ /pubmed/34071062 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10060644 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Dumitrescu, Florentina Georgescu, Eugen Florin Giubelan, Lucian Pădureanu, Vlad Stoian, Andreea Cristina Dincă, Viorica Georgescu, Milena Dragonu, Livia Marinescu, Daniela Human Anthrax in Dolj County, Romania—A Series of Three Cases |
title | Human Anthrax in Dolj County, Romania—A Series of Three Cases |
title_full | Human Anthrax in Dolj County, Romania—A Series of Three Cases |
title_fullStr | Human Anthrax in Dolj County, Romania—A Series of Three Cases |
title_full_unstemmed | Human Anthrax in Dolj County, Romania—A Series of Three Cases |
title_short | Human Anthrax in Dolj County, Romania—A Series of Three Cases |
title_sort | human anthrax in dolj county, romania—a series of three cases |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8224695/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34071062 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10060644 |
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