title: A case of pneumonia caused by Bacillus anthracis secondary to gastrointestinal anthrax.
abstract: We present herein an unusual case of anthrax pneumonia secondary to gastrointestinal infection. In this case, severe abdominal pain occurred during the course of a stent placement procedure. The patient had undergone surgery with the prediagnosis of intestinal ischemia. On the second postoperative day, pneumonia developed and B. anthracis grew as the etiologic agent. Pathological examination of small-bowel sections revealed findings in accordance with anthrax.
authors.affiliation: Kocaeli University, Medical Faculty, Department of Clinical Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases, Kocaeli, Turkey. drmelihameric@gmail.com
authors.forename: Meliha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meric
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Willke
authors.forename: Bahar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Muezzinoglu
authors.forename: Aynur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karadenizli
authors.forename: Tulay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hosten
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000881:Anthrax / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D001408:Bacillus anthracis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology