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Suspected Cutaneous Anthrax in a Laboratory Worker—Texas, 2002
Arch Dermatol. 2002;138:1111-1112.
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ON MARCH 6, 2002, CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) received a request for a health hazard evaluation from the
director of Laboratory A to assist in the evaluation of a worker who had been
diagnosed with cutaneous anthrax. Laboratory A, a provisionally approved Laboratory
Response Network level B laboratory, had been processing environmental samples
for Bacillus anthracis in support of CDC investigations
of the bioterrorist attacks in the United States during fall 2001. Since March
7, CDC has interviewed the ill laboratory worker and other workers at the
laboratory and conducted environmental assessments of the workplace. This
report summarizes the epidemiologic and environmental investigation of this
case, which indicates that the likely source of exposure was the surface of
vials containing B. anthracis isolates that the worker
placed in a freezer on March 1. Laboratory workers handling specimens of B. anthracis should follow recommended procedures to . . . [Full Text of this Article]Reported by:
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