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: Necmettin Akdeniz, Omer Calka, Hatice Uce Ozkol, Hayrettin Akdeniz
• Journal: Cutaneous and ocular toxicology (Cutan Ocul Toxicol) Vol. 32 Issue 4 Pg. 327-9 (Oct 2013) ISSN: 1556-9535 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 23431997 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Creatinine

Topics

• Anthrax (blood, complications, diagnosis)
• Blood Urea Nitrogen
• Creatinine (blood)
• Humans
• Leukocyte Count
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Renal Insufficiency (blood, etiology)
• Skin Diseases, Bacterial (blood, complications, diagnosis)