Volume 9, Number 5, May 2003

Endemic Gastrointestinal Anthrax in 1960s Lebanon: Clinical Manifestations and Surgical Findings

Zeina A. Kanafani,* Antoine Ghossain,† Ala I. Sharara,* Joseph M. Hatem,† and Souha S. Kanj*
*American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon; and †Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon

Figure 1. Extensive edema and hemorrhage involving the cecum in a patient with intestinal anthrax.

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