Diagnostic dilemma: Teenager contracts rare welders anthrax, marking the ninth known case ever reported – Live Science

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Summary

All known cases of welders anthrax have been in Louisiana or Texas.

The patient: An 18-year-old in Louisiana

The symptoms: The teenager, who was training to be a welder, developed a cough and was hospitalized with pneumonia and respiratory failure a week later. He was intubated at the hospital, m…

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