Cutaneous anthrax resulting in renal failure with generalized tissue damage

AKDENİZ N., Calka O., Ozkol H. U., Akdeniz H.

CUTANEOUS AND OCULAR TOXICOLOGY, cilt.32, sa.4, ss.327-329, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3109/15569527.2013.768257
  • Dergi Adı: CUTANEOUS AND OCULAR TOXICOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.327-329
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.