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PART 9: Terrorism and Clinical Medicine

221 Microbial Bioterrorism
H. Clifford Lane / Anthony S. Fauci

Figure 221-1  Confirmed anthrax cases associated with bioterrorism: United States, 2001. A. Geographic location, clinical manifestation, and outcome of the 11 cases of confirmed inhalational and 11 cases of confirmed cutaneous anthrax.
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Figure 221-2  Clinical manifestations of a pediatric case of cutaneous anthrax associated with the bioterrorism attack of 2001. The lesion -progresses from vesicular on day 5 (A) to necrotic with the classic black eschar on day 12
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Figure 221-3  Progression of chest x-ray findings in a patient with inhalational anthrax. Findings evolved from subtle hilar prominence and right perihilar infiltrate to a progressively widened mediastinum, marked perihilar infiltrates, peribronchial cuffing, and air bronchograms. (
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