![]() Although antibiotic treatment will rapidly kill the infecting bacteria, the characteristic lesion will take several days to evolve and possibly weeks to fully resolve, presumably reflecting toxin-induced damage and repair. The incubation period ranges from a few hours to 3 weeks, most often 2 to 6 days. ![]() ![]() The lesions (eschars) are generally found on exposed regions of the body almost invariably accompanied by marked oedema extending some distance from the lesion. Industrial anthrax also usually takes the cutaneous form but has a far higher probability than non–industrial anthrax of taking the inhalational form as a result of exposure to spore-laden dust.Ĭutaneous anthrax accounts for > 95% of human cases worldwide. Cutaneous anthrax transmitted by insect bites and anthrax of the alimentary canal from eating infected meat are also non-industrial forms of the disease. Non-industrial anthrax, resulting from handling infected carcasses, usually manifests itself as the cutaneous form it tends to be seasonal and parallels the seasonal incidence in the animals from which it is contracted. This distinguishes between cutaneous anthrax, acquired through a skin lesion, ingestion (oral route) anthrax, contracted following ingestion of contaminated food, primarily meat from an animal that died of the disease, and inhalational anthrax, from breathing in airborne anthrax spores. Anthrax in humans is traditionally classified in two ways: (i) based on how the occupation of the individual led to exposure differentiates between non-industrial anthrax, occurring in farmers, butchers, knackers/renderers, veterinarians, etc., and industrial anthrax, occurring in those employed in the processing of bones, hides, wool and other animal products (ii) reflecting the route by which the disease was acquired.
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