Cutaneous Anthrax on the Upper Eyelid

A 46-year-old female patient, who presented with a black, crusty lesion on the upper eyelid, was diagnosed with cutaneous anthrax after the detection of Bacillus anthracis in the skin culture. It was determined that the symptoms started after she cooked the meat she bought from a butcher. Anthrax is...

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Autores principales: Celik, Ekrem, Gonen, Tansu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8543301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34720986
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000519051
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description A 46-year-old female patient, who presented with a black, crusty lesion on the upper eyelid, was diagnosed with cutaneous anthrax after the detection of Bacillus anthracis in the skin culture. It was determined that the symptoms started after she cooked the meat she bought from a butcher. Anthrax is a disease that should be kept in mind in cutaneous infections even in isolated lesions, especially in endemic areas.
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spelling pubmed-85433012021-10-29 Cutaneous Anthrax on the Upper Eyelid Celik, Ekrem Gonen, Tansu Case Rep Ophthalmol Case Report A 46-year-old female patient, who presented with a black, crusty lesion on the upper eyelid, was diagnosed with cutaneous anthrax after the detection of Bacillus anthracis in the skin culture. It was determined that the symptoms started after she cooked the meat she bought from a butcher. Anthrax is a disease that should be kept in mind in cutaneous infections even in isolated lesions, especially in endemic areas. S. Karger AG 2021-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8543301/ /pubmed/34720986 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000519051 Text en Copyright © 2021 by S. Karger AG, Basel https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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