Welder’s Anthrax: A Review of an Occupational Disease

Welder’s Anthrax: A Review of an Occupational Disease

Since 1997, nine cases of severe pneumonia, caused by species within the <i>B. cereus</i> group and with a presentation similar to that of inhalation anthrax, were reported in seemingly immunocompetent metalworkers, with most being welders. In seven of the cases, isolates were found to h...

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Main Authors: Marie A. de Perio, Katherine A. Hendricks, Chad H. Dowell, William A. Bower, Nancy C. Burton, Patrick Dawson, Caroline A. Schrodt, Johanna S. Salzer, Chung K. Marston, Karl Feldmann, Alex R. Hoffmaster, James M. Antonini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Series:Pathogens
Subjects:
<i>Bacillus</i>
welder
welder’s anthrax
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/11/4/402

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