title: Cutaneous anthrax resulting in renal failure with generalized tissue damage.
abstract: Anthrax is a zoonotic infection caused by Bacillus anthracis which can be clinically present in a cutaneous, gastrointestinal or inhalational form depending on the entry site of the agent. The most frequent clinical type with the mildest clinical course is cutaneous anthrax. In this report, a patient with cutaneous anthrax which begins at the dorsal hand and progresses up to the proximal forearm resulting in massive tissue damage is presented. Prerenal azotemia developed due to massive tissue damage and patient was sent to hemodialysis twice.
authors: Department of Dermatology, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey .
authors: Necmettin
authors: N
authors: Akdeniz
authors: Omer
authors: O
authors: Calka
authors: Hatice Uce
authors: HU
authors: Ozkol
authors: Hayrettin
authors: H
authors: Akdeniz
mesh_terms: D000881:Anthrax / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine