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Volume 20, Number 2—February 2014
Dispatch

Lethal Factor and Anti-Protective Antigen IgG Levels Associated with Inhalation Anthrax, Minnesota, USA

Mark D. SprenkleComments to Author , Jayne Griffith, William Marinelli, Anne E. Boyer, Conrad P. Quinn, Nicki T. Pesik, Alex Hoffmaster, Joseph Keenan, Billie A. Juni, and David D. Blaney
Author affiliations: Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (M.D. Sprenkle, W. Marinelli); Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (J. Griffith, B.A. Juni); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (A.E. Boyer, C.P. Quinn, N.T. Pesik, A. Hoffmaster, D.D. Blaney); University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (J. Keenan)

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Figure 1

Chest x-ray and computed tomographic scan images for a patient with inhalation anthrax, Minnesota, USA. A) On hospital day 1, the x-ray image revealed a right upper lobe infiltrate and widening of the mediastinum. B) On hospital day 2, computed tomographic scan of the chest with intravenous contrast showed dense consolidation of the right upper lobe, mediastinal adenopathy (small arrow), and bilateral pleural effusions (large arrows). C) By hospital day 4, progressive infiltrates in the right lu

Figure 1. . Chest x-ray and computed tomographic scan images for a patient with inhalation anthrax, Minnesota, USA. A) On hospital day 1, the x-ray image revealed a right upper lobe infiltrate and widening of the mediastinum. B) On hospital day 2, computed tomographic scan of the chest with intravenous contrast showed dense consolidation of the right upper lobe, mediastinal adenopathy (small arrow), and bilateral pleural effusions (large arrows). C) By hospital day 4, progressive infiltrates in the right lung were present. D) By day 6, an increasing left pleural effusion was evident.

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