Diagnosaurus
Anthrax
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
- 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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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Anthrax." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114090/all/Anthrax.
Zeiger RFR. Anthrax. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114090/all/Anthrax. Accessed November 4, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Anthrax. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114090/all/Anthrax
Zeiger RFR. Anthrax [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 November 04]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114090/all/Anthrax.
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