Notes from the Field: Fatal Anthrax Pneumonia in Welders and Other Metalworkers Caused by Bacillus cereus Group Bacteria Containing Anthrax Toxin Genes - U.S. Gulf Coast States, 1994-2020.

Authors :: Dawson P
Schrodt CA
Feldmann K
Traxler RM
Gee JE
Kolton CB
Marston CK
Gulvik CA
Antonini JM
Negrón ME
McQuiston JR
Hendricks K
Weiner Z
Balsamo GA
Sokol T
Byers P
Taylor K
Zaheer S
Long S
O'Sullivan B
de Perio MA
Hoffmaster AR
Salzer JS
Bower WA
Source :: MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report [MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep] 2021 Oct 15; Vol. 70 (41), pp. 1453-1454. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 15.
Publication Year :: 2021
Abstract: Competing Interests: All authors have completed and submitted the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.

Subjects :: Adult
Anthrax mortality
Female
Humans
Louisiana epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Occupational Diseases mortality
Pneumonia, Bacterial mortality
Texas epidemiology
Anthrax microbiology
Antigens, Bacterial genetics
Bacillus cereus genetics
Bacterial Toxins genetics
Metal Workers
Occupational Diseases microbiology
Occupational Exposure adverse effects
Pneumonia, Bacterial microbiology

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