An infection caused by Bacillus anthracis bacteria. It may affect the lungs, gastrointestinal tract, or skin. Patients with lung infection present with fever, headaches, cough, chest pain and shortness of breath. Patients with gastrointestinal infection present with nausea, vomiting and bloody diarrhea. Patients with skin infection develop blisters and ulcers.
Definition (MEDLINEPLUS)
Anthrax is a disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, a microbe that lives in soil. Many people know about it from the 2001 bioterror attacks. In the attacks, someone purposely spread anthrax through the U.S. mail. This killed five people and made 22 sick.
Anthrax affects farm animals more often than people. But it can cause three forms of disease in people. They are:
Cutaneous, which affects the skin. People with cuts or open sores can get it if they touch the bacteria.
Inhalation, which affects the lungs. You can get this if you breathe in spores of the bacteria.
Gastrointestinal, which affects the digestive system. You can get it by eating infected meat.
Antibiotics often cure anthrax if it is diagnosed early. But many people don't know they have anthrax until it is too late to treat. A vaccine to prevent anthrax is available for people in the military and others at high risk.
NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Definition (MSH)
An acute infection caused by the spore-forming bacteria BACILLUS ANTHRACIS. It commonly affects hoofed animals such as sheep and goats. Infection in humans often involves the skin (cutaneous anthrax), the lungs (inhalation anthrax), or the gastrointestinal tract. Anthrax is not contagious and can be treated with antibiotics.
Definition (CSP)
infectious bacterial zoonotic disease usually acquired by ingestion of Bacillus anthracis; marked by hemorrhage and serous effusions in the organs and cavities and symptoms of extreme prostration.
Anthrax, non précisé, Infection à l'anthrax, Charbon, Charbon (maladie), Maladie du charbon, Fièvre charbonneuse, Infection à Bacillus anthracis, Maladie charbonneuse
German
Infektion mit Bacillus anthraces, Anthrax, unspezifisch, Anthrax [Milzbrand], Milzbrand, nicht naeher bezeichnet, Anthrax, Milzbrand
Italian
Carbonchio non specificato, Infezione da Bacillus anthraces, Antrace, Carbonchio
Portuguese
Carbúnculo NE, Infecção por Bacillus anthracis, Antraz, Antraz Cutâneo, Antraz Gastrointestinal, Antraz Inalacional, Antraz Meníngeo, Antraz por Inalação, Antraz Pulmonar, Baceira, Carbúnculo Cutâneo, Carbúnculo Gastrointestinal, Carbúnculo Hemático, Carbúnculo Inalacional, Carbúnculo Maligno, Carbúnculo Meníngeo, Carbúnculo por Inalação, Carbúnculo Pulmonar, Doença dos Cardadores de Lã, Doença dos Trapeiros, Pústula Maligna, Septicemia Carbunculosa, Infecção pelo Bacillus anthracis, Toxiinfecção por Bacillus anthracis, Toxinfecção por Bacillus anthracis
Spanish
Infección por carbunco, Carbuncosis no especificada, fiebre esplénica, infección por Bacillus anthracis, Anthrax, [X]carbunco, no especificado (trastorno), [X]carbunco, no especificado, carbunco, SAI (trastorno), carbunco, SAI, carbunco (trastorno), carbunco, Carbunco, Bacera, Carbunco Cutaneo, Carbunco Gastrointestinal, Carbunco Hematico, Carbunco Inhalacional, Carbunco Maligno, Carbunco Meningeo, Carbunco por Inhalacion, Carbunco Pulmonar, Carbunco Septicemico, Enfermedad de los Cardadores de Lana, Pustula Maligna, Carbunco Cutáneo, Carbunco Meníngeo, Carbunco Septicémico, Carbunco por Inhalación, Enfermedad de los Traperos (Papeleros), Infección por Bacillus anthracis, Pústula Maligna, Infeccion por Bacillus anthracis