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Inhalational anthrax

MedGen UID:
57841
•Concept ID:
C0155866
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Inhalation anthrax
Modes of inheritance:
not inherited
MedGen UID:
832438
•Concept ID:
CN227390
•
Intellectual Product
Source: Orphanet
Describes a disorder that is not inherited.
not inherited (Orphanet)
SNOMED CT: Woolsorters' disease (11389007); Respiratory anthrax (11389007); Pulmonary anthrax (11389007); Inhalational anthrax (11389007); Anthrax pneumonia (195902009); Pneumonia with anthrax (195902009)
 
Orphanet: ORPHA247257

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVInhalational anthrax
Follow this link to review classifications for Inhalational anthrax in Orphanet.

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Quantitative models of the dose-response and time course of inhalational anthrax in humans.
Toth DJ, Gundlapalli AV, Schell WA, Bulmahn K, Walton TE, Woods CW, Coghill C, Gallegos F, Samore MH, Adler FR
PLoS Pathog 2013 Aug;9(8):e1003555. Epub 2013 Aug 15 doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003555. PMID: 24058320Free PMC Article
Post-exposure therapy of inhalational anthrax in the common marmoset.
Nelson M, Stagg AJ, Stevens DJ, Brown MA, Pearce PC, Simpson AJ, Lever MS
Int J Antimicrob Agents 2011 Jul;38(1):60-4. Epub 2011 May 6 doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.03.003. PMID: 21530184
Short-course postexposure antibiotic prophylaxis combined with vaccination protects against experimental inhalational anthrax.
Vietri NJ, Purcell BK, Lawler JV, Leffel EK, Rico P, Gamble CS, Twenhafel NA, Ivins BE, Heine HS, Sheeler R, Wright ME, Friedlander AM
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 May 16;103(20):7813-6. Epub 2006 May 3 doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602748103. PMID: 16672361Free PMC Article
Systematic review: a century of inhalational anthrax cases from 1900 to 2005.
Holty JE, Bravata DM, Liu H, Olshen RA, McDonald KM, Owens DK
Ann Intern Med 2006 Feb 21;144(4):270-80. PMID: 16490913
No evidence of a mild form of inhalational Bacillus anthracis infection during a bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax outbreak in Washington, D.C., in 2001.
Baggett HC, Rhodes JC, Fridkin SK, Quinn CP, Hageman JC, Friedman CR, Dykewicz CA, Semenova VA, Romero-Steiner S, Elie CM, Jernigan JA
Clin Infect Dis 2005 Oct 1;41(7):991-7. Epub 2005 Aug 29 doi: 10.1086/432937. PMID: 16142664

Diagnosis

Discriminating inhalational anthrax from community-acquired pneumonia using chest radiograph findings and a clinical algorithm.
Kyriacou DN, Yarnold PR, Stein AC, Schmitt BP, Soltysik RC, Nelson RR, Frerichs RR, Noskin GA, Belknap SM, Bennett CL
Chest 2007 Feb;131(2):489-96. doi: 10.1378/chest.06-1687. PMID: 17296652
Systematic review: a century of inhalational anthrax cases from 1900 to 2005.
Holty JE, Bravata DM, Liu H, Olshen RA, McDonald KM, Owens DK
Ann Intern Med 2006 Feb 21;144(4):270-80. PMID: 16490913
No evidence of a mild form of inhalational Bacillus anthracis infection during a bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax outbreak in Washington, D.C., in 2001.
Baggett HC, Rhodes JC, Fridkin SK, Quinn CP, Hageman JC, Friedman CR, Dykewicz CA, Semenova VA, Romero-Steiner S, Elie CM, Jernigan JA
Clin Infect Dis 2005 Oct 1;41(7):991-7. Epub 2005 Aug 29 doi: 10.1086/432937. PMID: 16142664
The primary care differential diagnosis of inhalational anthrax.
Temte JL, Zinkel AR
Ann Fam Med 2004 Sep-Oct;2(5):438-44. PMID: 15506578Free PMC Article
Accuracy of screening for inhalational anthrax after a bioterrorist attack.
Hupert N, Bearman GM, Mushlin AI, Callahan MA
Ann Intern Med 2003 Sep 2;139(5 Pt 1):337-45. PMID: 12965942

Therapy

Animal-to-Human Dose Translation of Obiltoxaximab for Treatment of Inhalational Anthrax Under the US FDA Animal Rule.
Nagy CF, Mondick J, Serbina N, Casey LS, Carpenter SE, French J, Guttendorf R
Clin Transl Sci 2017 Jan;10(1):12-19. Epub 2016 Dec 7 doi: 10.1111/cts.12433. PMID: 27925405Free PMC Article
Quantitative models of the dose-response and time course of inhalational anthrax in humans.
Toth DJ, Gundlapalli AV, Schell WA, Bulmahn K, Walton TE, Woods CW, Coghill C, Gallegos F, Samore MH, Adler FR
PLoS Pathog 2013 Aug;9(8):e1003555. Epub 2013 Aug 15 doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003555. PMID: 24058320Free PMC Article
Key aspects of the molecular and cellular basis of inhalational anthrax.
Cote CK, Welkos SL, Bozue J
Microbes Infect 2011 Dec;13(14-15):1146-55. Epub 2011 Jul 21 doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2011.07.005. PMID: 21816231
Post-exposure therapy of inhalational anthrax in the common marmoset.
Nelson M, Stagg AJ, Stevens DJ, Brown MA, Pearce PC, Simpson AJ, Lever MS
Int J Antimicrob Agents 2011 Jul;38(1):60-4. Epub 2011 May 6 doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.03.003. PMID: 21530184
Pathology of inhalational anthrax animal models.
Twenhafel NA
Vet Pathol 2010 Sep;47(5):819-30. Epub 2010 Jul 23 doi: 10.1177/0300985810378112. PMID: 20656900

Prognosis

Quantitative models of the dose-response and time course of inhalational anthrax in humans.
Toth DJ, Gundlapalli AV, Schell WA, Bulmahn K, Walton TE, Woods CW, Coghill C, Gallegos F, Samore MH, Adler FR
PLoS Pathog 2013 Aug;9(8):e1003555. Epub 2013 Aug 15 doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003555. PMID: 24058320Free PMC Article
Raxibacumab for the treatment of inhalational anthrax.
Migone TS, Subramanian GM, Zhong J, Healey LM, Corey A, Devalaraja M, Lo L, Ullrich S, Zimmerman J, Chen A, Lewis M, Meister G, Gillum K, Sanford D, Mott J, Bolmer SD
N Engl J Med 2009 Jul 9;361(2):135-44. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0810603. PMID: 19587338
Discriminating inhalational anthrax from community-acquired pneumonia using chest radiograph findings and a clinical algorithm.
Kyriacou DN, Yarnold PR, Stein AC, Schmitt BP, Soltysik RC, Nelson RR, Frerichs RR, Noskin GA, Belknap SM, Bennett CL
Chest 2007 Feb;131(2):489-96. doi: 10.1378/chest.06-1687. PMID: 17296652
Short-course postexposure antibiotic prophylaxis combined with vaccination protects against experimental inhalational anthrax.
Vietri NJ, Purcell BK, Lawler JV, Leffel EK, Rico P, Gamble CS, Twenhafel NA, Ivins BE, Heine HS, Sheeler R, Wright ME, Friedlander AM
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 May 16;103(20):7813-6. Epub 2006 May 3 doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602748103. PMID: 16672361Free PMC Article
No evidence of a mild form of inhalational Bacillus anthracis infection during a bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax outbreak in Washington, D.C., in 2001.
Baggett HC, Rhodes JC, Fridkin SK, Quinn CP, Hageman JC, Friedman CR, Dykewicz CA, Semenova VA, Romero-Steiner S, Elie CM, Jernigan JA
Clin Infect Dis 2005 Oct 1;41(7):991-7. Epub 2005 Aug 29 doi: 10.1086/432937. PMID: 16142664

Clinical prediction guides

Animal-to-Human Dose Translation of Obiltoxaximab for Treatment of Inhalational Anthrax Under the US FDA Animal Rule.
Nagy CF, Mondick J, Serbina N, Casey LS, Carpenter SE, French J, Guttendorf R
Clin Transl Sci 2017 Jan;10(1):12-19. Epub 2016 Dec 7 doi: 10.1111/cts.12433. PMID: 27925405Free PMC Article
Pathology of inhalational anthrax animal models.
Twenhafel NA
Vet Pathol 2010 Sep;47(5):819-30. Epub 2010 Jul 23 doi: 10.1177/0300985810378112. PMID: 20656900
Raxibacumab for the treatment of inhalational anthrax.
Migone TS, Subramanian GM, Zhong J, Healey LM, Corey A, Devalaraja M, Lo L, Ullrich S, Zimmerman J, Chen A, Lewis M, Meister G, Gillum K, Sanford D, Mott J, Bolmer SD
N Engl J Med 2009 Jul 9;361(2):135-44. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0810603. PMID: 19587338
Discriminating inhalational anthrax from community-acquired pneumonia using chest radiograph findings and a clinical algorithm.
Kyriacou DN, Yarnold PR, Stein AC, Schmitt BP, Soltysik RC, Nelson RR, Frerichs RR, Noskin GA, Belknap SM, Bennett CL
Chest 2007 Feb;131(2):489-96. doi: 10.1378/chest.06-1687. PMID: 17296652
Systematic review: a century of inhalational anthrax cases from 1900 to 2005.
Holty JE, Bravata DM, Liu H, Olshen RA, McDonald KM, Owens DK
Ann Intern Med 2006 Feb 21;144(4):270-80. PMID: 16490913

Recent systematic reviews

Obiltoxaximab: Adding to the Treatment Arsenal for Bacillus anthracis Infection.
Hou AW, Morrill AM
Ann Pharmacother 2017 Oct;51(10):908-913. Epub 2017 Jun 2 doi: 10.1177/1060028017713029. PMID: 28573869
Inhalational, gastrointestinal, and cutaneous anthrax in children: a systematic review of cases: 1900 to 2005.
Bravata DM, Holty JE, Wang E, Lewis R, Wise PH, McDonald KM, Owens DK
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2007 Sep;161(9):896-905. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.161.9.896. PMID: 17768291
Pediatric anthrax: implications for bioterrorism preparedness.
Bravata DM, Wang E, Holty JE, Lewis R, Wise PH, Nayak S, Liu H, McDonald KM, Owens DK
Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep) 2006 Aug;(141):1-48. PMID: 17764208Free PMC Article
Anthrax: a systematic review of atypical presentations.
Holty JE, Kim RY, Bravata DM
Ann Emerg Med 2006 Aug;48(2):200-11. Epub 2006 Feb 21 doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.11.035. PMID: 16857469
Systematic review: a century of inhalational anthrax cases from 1900 to 2005.
Holty JE, Bravata DM, Liu H, Olshen RA, McDonald KM, Owens DK
Ann Intern Med 2006 Feb 21;144(4):270-80. PMID: 16490913

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