Despite the germ's terrifying reputation, anthrax infections on the skin are rarely fatal, and most people get better even without treatment. Skip to main content. Open Navigation Menu ...

Despite the germ's terrifying reputation, anthrax infections on the skin are rarely fatal, and most people get better even without treatment.

SKIN: Anthrax is a serious disease that can affect bothanimals and humans. It is caused by bacteriacalled Bacillus anthracis. People can get anthraxfrom contact with infected animals, wool, meat ...

In cutaneous anthrax, itching of an exposed skin surface occurs first, followed by a lesion that in several weeks develops into a depressed black scab. About 20 percent of untreated cases of ...

Once common on skin, anthrax deadly in lungs. Aug. 1, 2008, 12:24 PM EDT / Source: The Associated Press.

The most common is through the skin, causing cutaneous anthrax, which is treatable with antibiotics. But the bacteria also produces spores that can cause the disease when inhaled. ...

SKIN: Anthrax is a serious disease that can affect bothanimals and humans. It is caused by bacteriacalled Bacillus anthracis. People can get anthraxfrom contact with infected animals, wool, meat, o… ...

Anthrax, for all the panic it's causing, has killed only one person and infected eight others. But exposure doesn't guarantee disease, and the illness is treatable.

The ABC employee's child who has cutaneous anthrax originally received a diagnosis of spider bite. Few US clinicians have ever seen a case of cutaneous anthrax. While it is common in developing ...

Despite the germ's terrifying reputation, anthrax infections on the skin are rarely fatal, and most people get better even without treatment. The most feared use of anthrax as a bioterrorist's weap… ...

The vast majority of human cases—upwards of 90%—comprise cutaneous, or skin, anthrax acquired through breaks in the skin, with symptoms like itchy blisters or bumps, a skin sore and swelling ...

Anthrax, despite its deadly reputation, is usually nothing more than an irritation when contracted through the skin, as it was by an employee of NBC in New York. "People think 'Anthrax is anthrax ...