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Anthrax > Non-drug Therapy Author: Sandro Cinti, MD; Barbara Robinson-Dunn, PhD; Niklas Mackler, MD
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Rationale:

  • Patients with severe anthrax may require critical care measures in an intensive care setting.

Evidence:

  • A report detailing the presentation and management of the first 10 cases of inhalational anthrax related to bioterrorism points out that several intubated patients treated with multidrug antibiotic regimens and supportive care survived in the 2001 anthrax attack (28).

Comments:

  • None.
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Barbara Robinson-Dunn, PhD has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Demetrios N. Kyriacou, MD, PhD, editorial consultant, has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Niklas Mackler, MD has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Sandro Cinti, MD has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations.

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