Bacillus anthracic meningitis

Neurology. 1975 Jun;25(6):525-30. doi: 10.1212/wnl.25.6.525.

Abstract

Bacillus anthracis is an uncommon cause of meniningitis. The characteristic hemorrhagic features in two patients who died despite antibiotic treatment are presented and discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abattoirs
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Anthrax / complications*
  • Autopsy
  • Brain / pathology
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology
  • Lung / pathology
  • Male
  • Meningitis / etiology*
  • Meningoencephalitis / etiology*
  • Occupational Diseases
  • Skin Ulcer / etiology
  • Spleen / pathology