An anthrax outbreak occurred in November 2010 in five villages of Sesheke district in Western Zambia. Control measures and data collection was carried out immediately the outbreak was reported. The prevalence of the disease in cattle was estimated at 7.4% (45/609) while the average herd size of infected cattle in affected villages was estimated at 121.8 (95% CI 48.8-194.8). Individual mortality...

The introduction of autohsemotherapy in the treatment of carbuncle has given very good results in my hands, much better than the old method of surgical treatment. The technique consists of injection of the patient's own citrated blood, the amount depending on the area affected, usually about 10 to 20 c.cm. each time, starting about half an inch within the extreme margin of induration and inject...

Computationally captured shockwaves, especially at very high Mach number, often display anomalous behavior not encountered in nature. Figure 1 shows three of the most notorious examples. The passage of a normal shock over a slightly perturbed mesh was observed to be unstable by Quirk. However, it was subsequently discovered that neither the mesh perturbation nor the shock motion was always need...

We report the draft genome sequence of Bacillus pumilus strain Bonn associated with human skin infection. B. pumilus Bonn was isolated from a carbuncle-like necrotic site, resembling cutaneous anthrax, on the back of the hand of a 10-year-old child.

Propionibacterium avidum is an anaerobic Gram-positive bacterium that forms part of the normal human cutaneous microbiota, colonizing moist areas such as the vestibule of the nose, axilla, and perineum. Here we present the complete genome sequence of P. avidum strain 44067, which was isolated from a carbuncle of the trunk.

During the last few years the treatment of carbuncles has often been discussed, and many different procedures advocated, ranging from the local application of cod-liver oil or insulin to the injection of staphylococcal toxoid. Without denying the good effect of many of the forms of treatment recommended, it is important that the question be considered from a rational standpoint. In the first pl...