title: Cutaneous anthrax.
abstract: The case of a 9-year-old boy diagnosed and treated for cutaneous anthrax is presented. We discuss the clinical features and course of this disease, encountered today only rarely in less developed regions where humans are in contact with infected animals.
mesh_terms: D000881:Anthrax / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015047:Zoonoses