Table 1 Demographic information and clinical characteristics of the cases during an outbreak, C County, Shandong, August 2021
From: Investigation on an outbreak of cutaneous anthrax in a county of Shandong Province, China, 2021
Classification | Number of cases (N = 13) | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Male | 12 | 92.3 |
Female | 1 | 7.7 |
Age | ||
25~ | 1 | 7.7 |
35~ | 3 | 23.1 |
45~ | 7 | 53.8 |
55~ | 1 | 7.7 |
65~ | 1 | 7.7 |
Signs and symptoms | ||
Skin reddening/erythema/papule | 13 | 100 |
Skin vesicles/edema | 13 | 100 |
Skin ulceration/eschar | 7 | 53.8 |
Skin itching/pruritis | 4 | 30.8 |
Fever | 2 | 15.4 |
Skin vesicles/edema and Fever | 2 | 15.4 |
Cough | 0 | 0 |
Headache | 0 | 0 |
Diarrhea | 0 | 0 |
Anthrax carbuncle site | ||
Upper limbs | 11 | 84.6 |
Finger | 2 | 15.4 |
Back of the hand | 1 | 7.7 |
Lower limbs | 1 | 7.7 |
Number of anthrax carbuncle | ||
4 | 1 | 7.7 |
3 | 3 | 23.1 |
2 | 2 | 15.4 |
1 | 7 | 53.8 |