Gastrointestinal tract anthrax

Gastrointestinal Anthrax. Gastrointestinal (GI) anthrax is contracted by germination of ingested spores in the upper or lower GI tract. The GI forms of the disease are generally an upper GI form and a lower GI form. In the upper GI form, oral or esophageal ulcers develop with associated edema, lymphadenopathy, and sepsis. In the lower GI form, partial necrosis of the GI tract can occur with symptoms including bloody diarrhea, acute abdomen, ascites, or sepsis. 

In cutaneous and gastrointestinal anthrax, spore germination takes place at or near the inoculation site following uptake by the macrophage or dendritic cell. It is the vegetative form, not the spore, which produces the deadly factors. After transformation to the vegetative bacilli, these bacteria are free to mediate toxicity at the inoculation site in skin and gastrointestinal tract (Beatty et al., 2003). In inhalational... 

Gastrointestinal Acute infection of the upper and or lower gastrointestinal (Gl) tract Specific diagnosis of Gl distress such as Salmonella gastroenteritis Acute nonspecific symptoms of Gl distress such as nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea Anthrax (gastrointestinal)... 

The disease caused by the anthrax bacterium actually comes in three forms— cutaneous, pulmonary, and gastrointestinal (on the skin, in the lungs, and in the digestive tract).The causative agent in all three—Bacillus anthracis—remains the same, but its route into the body is different with each form of the disease. By far the most common form of anthrax disease is cutaneous (at about 95 percent of all cases)—often found in people who work with animals like cows, goats, and sheep. Of those who get infected with cutaneous anthrax (usually through abrasions or cuts) 10 to 20 percent are hkely to die if the dis-... 

---