title: Inhalation anthrax in a home craftsman.
abstract: Inhalation anthrax with complicating subarachnoid hemorrhage due to simultaneous infection with two capsular biotypes of Bacillus anthracis of different virulence for the mouse is reported. The patient, a home craftsman, acquired his infection from imported animal-origin yarn.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000881:Anthrax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001408:Bacillus anthracis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002140:California; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D014935:Wool / Q000382:microbiology*