Cutaneous anthrax--the non-industrial hazard.
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چکیده
Two patients contracted cutaneous anthrax after contact with infected bone meal. Awareness of the risk of infection from this source may help in achieving early clinical diagnosis and a low fatality rate following effective antibiotic therapy.
منابع مشابه
An outbreak of cutaneous anthrax in a non-endemic district--Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- British medical journal
دوره 1 5641 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1969