Cutaneous anthrax cases leading compartment syndrome

Abstract

Bacillus anthracis is the causative agent of anthrax. Anthrax is a zoonotic disease with three clinical forms. Clinical forms are skin, gastrointestinal and inhalational anthrax. Cutaneous anthrax is 95% of the cases. Cutaneous anthrax frequently defines itself. Clinical presentation of anthrax may be severe and complicated in some cases. There may seem complications like meningitis, septic shock and compartment syndrome. Compartment Syndrome is a rare complication of cutaneous anthrax and it is life threatening. Physicians working in the endemic area should be aware of this form. In this study, three cases were shown which developed compartment syndrome following cutaneous anthrax.

Keywords

• anthrax, compartment syndrome, bacterial infection, zoonosis

Cutaneous anthrax cases leading compartment syndrome

Öz

Bacillus anthracis şarbon hastalığının etkenidir. Şarbon, üç klinik formu bulunan, zoonozdur. Klinik formlar deri, inhalasyon ve gastrointestinal şarbondur. Olguların % 95’ini deri şarbonudur. Hastalık genellikle kendi kendine sınırlanır. Şarbonunun klinik seyri bazı olgularda ağır ve komplike olabilir. Menenjit, septik şok ve kompartman sendromu gibi komplikasyonlar görülebilir. Kompartman sendromu nadir ve hayatı tehdit eden bir komplikasyondur. Endemik bölgelerde çalışan klinisyenler bu tablonun farkında olmalıdır. Bu çalışmada deri şarbonu sonrası kompartman sendromu gelişen üç olgu incelendi

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Şarbon, kompartman sendromu, bakteriyel infeksiyon, zoonoz

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