Sporadic human cutaneous anthrax outbreak in Shaanxi Province, China: report of two cases from 2018

China’s compulsory annual livestock anthrax vaccination policy has remarkably reduced but not completely eradicated human anthrax infections. Herein we describe a sporadic human cutaneous anthrax outbreak involving two cases in 2018 in Shaanxi Province, both involving herdsman who dealt with unvacci...

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Autores principales: Liu, Yuanyuan, Li, Yongqin, Wang, Qiaoxia, Fu, Jianjun, Ji, Fanpu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9392022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31926898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2019.12.002
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author Liu, Yuanyuan
Li, Yongqin
Wang, Qiaoxia
Fu, Jianjun
Ji, Fanpu
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description China’s compulsory annual livestock anthrax vaccination policy has remarkably reduced but not completely eradicated human anthrax infections. Herein we describe a sporadic human cutaneous anthrax outbreak involving two cases in 2018 in Shaanxi Province, both involving herdsman who dealt with unvaccinated and potentially sick cattle. Both patients showed Bacillus anthracis-positive blister smear and blood culture. Treatment with penicillin was followed by uneventful recovery for both. The prompt performance of the prophylactic measures successfully interrupted the further transmission of this sporadic human cutaneous anthrax outbreak.
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spelling pubmed-93920222022-08-23 Sporadic human cutaneous anthrax outbreak in Shaanxi Province, China: report of two cases from 2018 Liu, Yuanyuan Li, Yongqin Wang, Qiaoxia Fu, Jianjun Ji, Fanpu Braz J Infect Dis Brief Communication China’s compulsory annual livestock anthrax vaccination policy has remarkably reduced but not completely eradicated human anthrax infections. Herein we describe a sporadic human cutaneous anthrax outbreak involving two cases in 2018 in Shaanxi Province, both involving herdsman who dealt with unvaccinated and potentially sick cattle. Both patients showed Bacillus anthracis-positive blister smear and blood culture. Treatment with penicillin was followed by uneventful recovery for both. The prompt performance of the prophylactic measures successfully interrupted the further transmission of this sporadic human cutaneous anthrax outbreak. Elsevier 2020-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9392022/ /pubmed/31926898 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2019.12.002 Text en © 2019 Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Sporadic human cutaneous anthrax outbreak in Shaanxi Province, China: report of two cases from 2018
title_full Sporadic human cutaneous anthrax outbreak in Shaanxi Province, China: report of two cases from 2018
title_fullStr Sporadic human cutaneous anthrax outbreak in Shaanxi Province, China: report of two cases from 2018
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title_short Sporadic human cutaneous anthrax outbreak in Shaanxi Province, China: report of two cases from 2018
title_sort sporadic human cutaneous anthrax outbreak in shaanxi province, china: report of two cases from 2018
topic Brief Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9392022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31926898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2019.12.002
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