Anthrax Reporting Only confirmed cases should be notified. Confirmed case case requires either: A Laboratory definitive evidence OR Laboratory suggestive evidence AND clinical evidence. Laboratory evidence Isolation of organisms or spores by a reference laboratory. Bacillus anthracis-like confirmed Laboratory suggestive evidence Detection of by microscopic examination of stained smears Bacillus anthracis OR Detection of by nucleic acid testing. Bacillus anthracis Clinical evidence skin lesion evolving over 1-6 days from a papular through a vesicular stage, to a Cutaneous: depressed black eschar invariably accompanied by oedema that may be mild to extensive OR abdominal distress characterised by nausea, vomiting, anorexia and followed by Gastrointestinal: fever OR Rapid onset of hypoxia, dyspnoea and high temperature, with radiological evidence of mediastinal widening OR acute onset of high fever, convulsions, loss of consciousness and meningeal signs and Meningeal: symptoms.
Anthrax Reporting Only confirmed cases should be case A case requires either: Laboratory definitive evidence OR Laboratory suggestive evidence AND clinical evidence. Laboratory evidence Isolation of Bacillus anthracis-like organisms or spores by a reference laboratory. Laboratory suggestive evidence Detection of Bacillus anthracis by microscopic examination of stained smears OR Detection of Bacillus anthracis by nucleic acid testing. Clinical evidence Cutaneous: skin lesion evolving over 1-6 days from a papular through a vesicular stage, to a depressed black eschar invariably accompanied by oedema that may be mild to extensive OR Gastrointestinal: abdominal distress characterised by nausea, vomiting, anorexia and followed by fever OR Rapid onset of hypoxia, dyspnoea and high temperature, with radiological evidence of mediastinal widening OR Meningeal: acute onset of high fever, convulsions, loss of consciousness and meningeal signs and symptoms. confirmed notified. Confirmed
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