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Anthrax is a serious bacterial infection sustained by Bacillus anthracis and occurring in most mammals, especially grazing herbivors, but it can also involve humans when bacterial endospores enter the body through abrasions in the skin or by inhalation or ingestion. Human disease results from contact with infected animals or contaminated animal products, while there are no known cases of human-to-human transmission. ⋯ For centuries, anthrax has caused disease in animals and only a few cases in humans, with some outbreaks in developing countries. Today, after the new events in the United States, at least 17 nations are believed to have offensive biological weapon programs, and this old bacterial infection became a modern menace to world safety.
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A case of a 51-year-old man admitted to the hospital for hemoptysis after a three-week history of fever and cough is presented. The chest x-ray film revealed consolidation in the left upper lobe. Because microbiologic studies of the bronchial lavage showed the grew of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the patient was treated with piperacilline and pefloxacin. ⋯ Culture of the samples were negative. Haemoptysis and fever stopped after FOB. Chest x-ray in 19th day was negative: consolidation and calcification were absent.