Anthrax is a colorless, odorless, ... bump that is dark in color and resembles an insect bite but within 1-2 days develops into a vesicle and then a painless ulcer, ...

Oropharyngeal anthrax begins with a severe sore throat or a local oral or tonsillar ulcer, associated with fever, toxicity and swelling of the neck from fluid buildup. Respiratory distress and ...

The ulcer becomes a black eschar that generally falls off in 1 to 2 weeks. ... an astute ID physician in Florida made a diagnosis of probable anthrax meningitis in a man who was admitted to the ED.

Even then, anthrax infections are rare in the United States, and the disease isn't contagious. ... that starts as a raised bump and develops into a painless ulcer with a black area in the center.

In another few days, the lesion fills up with fluid and develops into a painless ulcer 1 to 3 cm in diameter. Not long afterward, the lesion turns black, a hallmark of skin anthrax, as tissue ...

Anthrax spores can get into the skin through a cut — like, say, if you nicked yourself shaving. There, the spores can cause swelling, itchy bumps or blisters, and also painless ulcers with a ...

22 lab employees at U.S. air base in South Korea have been put on antibiotics. — -- Eighteen laboratories in nine states have begun turning over samples of anthrax to the U.S. Centers for ...

The Pentagon says an attempt to ship inactive anthrax samples resulted in live samples being sent to labs in nine U.S. states and to a U.S. Air Force base in South Korea.