Antimicrobial susceptibility of Bacillus anthracis isolates associated with intentional distribution in Florida, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., September - October, 2001

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Monday, October 22, 2001, 20:54 EDT (8:54 PM EDT)
  
  CDCHAN-00041-2001-10-22-ADV-N
  
  The antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of eleven Bacillus anthracis isolates associated with intentional exposures on the east coast have been determined. The susceptibility patterns of all the isolates were similar and are described below. CDC will be issuing updated treatment recommendations for anthrax and will disseminate them as soon as they are completed.
  
  Event Type: anthrax terrorism event
  
  Context: countermeasures/therapeutics
  
  Event Type: Man-made
  
  Agent Type: bacteria
  
  Specify Agent (Name): anthrax
  
  International: no
  
  Intentional/Unintentional: intentional
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anthrax Bacillus Anthracis Bioterrorism
• Source:
  HAN ; 041
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Document Type:
  HAN Health Advisory
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Florida ; New Jersey ; New York ; Pennsylvania ; Virginia
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  41
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f1de18e8c618085b9dac7b79359a801d90c4eb1183742a2612d53ec0ddc0ea0d25f01d68fabf46bba436730718caad63bdc2cb6a12a6e8751c702660404f7f49
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24954/cdc_24954_DS1.pdf
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