Anthrax
DDx
DDx
DDx
Cutaneous anthrax
- Ecthyma gangrenosum (neutropenic, pseudomonal)
- Tularemia
- Plague
- Brown recluse spider bite
- Aspergillosis or mucormycosis
- Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
- Warfarin necrosis
- Rat-bite fever
- Rickettsialpox
- Orf (parapoxvirus infection)
- Cutaneous mycobacterial infection
- Cutaneous leishmaniasis
Inhalational anthrax - Influenza
- Bacterial mediastinitis
- Fibrous mediastinitis due to histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, atypical or viral pneumonia, silicosis, sarcoidosis
- Other causes of mediastinal widening, e.g., ruptured aortic aneurysm, lymphoma, superior vena cava syndrome
- Tuberculosis
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