Anthrax Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Anthrax, including details on bacillus anthracis, contagiousness, exposure, effects.

Meningoencephalitis due to anthrax: CT and MR findings.

Yildirim H, Kabakus N, Koc M, Murat A, Inceköy Girgin F

Department of Radiology, Firat University, Elazig, 23119, Turkey, hanefiyildirim@firat.edu.tr.

Anthrax is primarily a disease of herbivores, but it also causes cutaneous, respiratory and gastrointestinal infections in humans. Bacillus anthracis is an uncommon cause of meningitis and generally produces a haemorrhagic meningoencephalitis. We present the CT and MR findings of anthrax meningoencephalitis due to the cutaneous form of anthrax in a 12-year-old boy. They showed focal intracerebral haemorrhage with leptomeningeal enhancement.

Published 12 October 2006 in Pediatr Radiol, 36(11): 1190-3.
Full-text of this article is available online (may require subscription).

© 2005-2008 Anthrax Research Today. All Rights Reserved.