Two cases of infection with Bacillus anthracis, Romania, October 2011

Euro Surveill. 2011 Nov 10;16(45):20008.

Abstract

A cluster of two confirmed cases of anthrax were reported in October 2011 from a small village with a population of 3,400 people, in south-eastern Romania.One was a fatal case of cutaneous and anthrax meningoencephalitis, while the other had cutaneous anthrax. Both cases had been exposed to one Bacillus anthracis-infected cow via consumption of its meat or being involved in its slaughter.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Anthrax / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Anthrax / diagnosis
  • Anthrax / epidemiology
  • Anthrax / microbiology*
  • Anthrax / transmission
  • Bacillus anthracis / isolation & purification
  • Bacillus anthracis / pathogenicity*
  • Bacteriological Techniques
  • Cattle / microbiology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Foodborne Diseases / epidemiology
  • Foodborne Diseases / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Romania / epidemiology
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial

Supplementary concepts

  • Cutaneous anthrax