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Report of Five Coses

W. A. REILLY, M.D.; C. R. BEESON, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1948;82(6):529-533.

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IT IS our purpose to outline the favorable results of treating cutaneous anthrax with penicillin and sulfadiazine in 4 cases and with streptomycin in 1. We think that this is the first report of the use of streptomycin in cases of human anthrax. Streptomycin used in vitro is successful.¹

It is claimed that the incidence of anthrax is rising in the United States. A survey of the United States Public Health Service discloses the data in the accompanying table.

The animal colonies in Arkansas have been heavily infected during late years in the lowlands, particularly in Arkansas and Cross Counties. New endemic areas have appeared about Nashville, which is unusual. In 1942, 3,000 cattle, horses and hogs were reported to have anthrax, and perhaps there were many more not reported. Fifteen thousand animals were given prophylactic inoculation against anthrax during that year. As the incidence of anthrax diminishes, farmers . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.

From the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Arkansas School of Medicine.

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