I'm not sure the LIST should be used for idle speculation about possible
cases of this disease, of which I'm sure there are many. By all means
discuss substantive issues with respect to diagnosis and management, but
"scaremongering" does not serve any useful purpose, and merely puts us on
the same level as the media, something we should be keen to avoid!
Adrian Fogarty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doc Holiday"
Subject: Anthrax
> 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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