[Necrotic lesion of the lip and cough with fever: cutaneous and pulmonary anthrax]

Med Trop (Mars). 2011 Dec;71(6):621-3.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Anthrax disease is an anthropozoonosis caused by Bacillus anthracis. It appears in three clinical forms: pulmonary, intestinal, and cutaneous. We report a case of pulmonary and cutaneous anthrax in a one-year-old Moroccan infant.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Anthrax / complications
  • Anthrax / diagnosis*
  • Cough / complications
  • Cough / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fever / complications
  • Fever / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Lip / pathology*
  • Lip Diseases / complications
  • Lip Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Lung Diseases / complications
  • Lung Diseases / diagnosis
  • Male
  • Necrosis
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial

Supplementary concepts

  • Cutaneous anthrax