Well, I guess it was bound to happen...
Has anyone yet, outside the USA (UK/OZ/NZ/etc.), had any dealings with the
Anthrax issue yet? Just yesterday, found myself with it as a plausible
differential for the first time. Still awaiting final results.
Have had one prior "public relations scare" with a DHL office here calling
in the police when one team was "exposed" to white powder which spilled out
of a box being processed. Quite a bit of panic and about 27 people swabbed
before it came out that this was a fine, floury, white powder, not similar
even in characteristics to an Anthrax source. Latest news is that it WAS a
"clandestine" powder, but for recreational use... Someone's investment down
the drain...
I cannot describe the actual case, as I have not had patient's approval for
this, but the sputum sample does contain a few large Gram +ve Bacilli but
also "misxed organisms". Suspected mainly Pneumococcus, but, if it is
Anthrax, it will show up by today in its culture morphology, but no-one is
holding their breath with excitement.
Anyone with other experiences?
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