Evaluation of cutaneous anthrax cases during an outbreak in the east region of Turkey.
CONCLUSION: Anthrax is an important health problem that can cause lethal outbreaks. Therefore, one should think about anthrax when faced with a patient with history of animal contact that has a painless ulcer with edema and/or vesicles, especially in endemic countries like Turkey.
PMID: 27966316 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences - Category: Journals (General) Tags: Turk J Med Sci Source Type: research
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