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Descriptor English: Anthrax
Descriptor Spanish: Carbunco
Descriptor carbunco
Entry term(s) bacera
carbunco cutáneo
carbunco digestivo
carbunco maligno
carbunco meníngeo
carbunco por inhalación
carbunco pulmonar
carbunco septicémico
enfermedad de los cardadores de lana
enfermedad de los traperos (papeleros)
infección por Bacillus anthracis
pústula maligna
Scope note: Infección aguda causada por la bacteria formadora de esporas BACILLUS ANTHRACIS. Normalmente afecta a animales ungulados como las ovejas y las cabras. La infección en los humanos afecta frecuentemente a la piel (carbunco cutáneo), los pulmones (carbunco por inhalación) o el tubo digestivo. El carbunco no es contagioso y puede ser tratado con antibióticos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Antraz
Descriptor French: Maladie du charbon
Entry term(s): Bacillus anthracis Infection
Bacillus anthracis Infections
Tree number(s): C01.150.252.410.090.072
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000881
Scope note: An acute infection caused by the spore-forming bacteria BACILLUS ANTHRACIS. It commonly affects hoofed animals such as sheep and goats. Infection in humans often involves the skin (cutaneous anthrax), the lungs (inhalation anthrax), or the gastrointestinal tract. Anthrax is not contagious and can be treated with antibiotics.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 895
Unique ID: D000881
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/05
Anthrax - Preferred
Concept UI M0001315
Scope note An acute infection caused by the spore-forming bacteria BACILLUS ANTHRACIS. It commonly affects hoofed animals such as sheep and goats. Infection in humans often involves the skin (cutaneous anthrax), the lungs (inhalation anthrax), or the gastrointestinal tract. Anthrax is not contagious and can be treated with antibiotics.
Preferred term Anthrax
Entry term(s) Bacillus anthracis Infection
Bacillus anthracis Infections



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