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      <P><I><B>Perspectives</B></I></P>
      <H3><FONT face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Anthrax of the=20
      Gastrointestinal Tract</FONT></H3>
      <P><B>Thira Sirisanthana* and Arthur E. Brown=86 <BR></B>*Chiang =
Mai=20
      University, Chiang Mai, Thailand; and =86Armed Forces Research =
Institute of=20
      Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand</P>
      <HR>

      <BLOCKQUOTE>
        <P><FONT face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2>When =
swallowed,=20
        anthrax spores may cause lesions from the oral cavity to the =
cecum.=20
        Gastrointestinal anthrax is greatly underreported in rural=20
        disease-endemic areas of the world. The apparent paucity of this =
form of=20
        anthrax reflects the lack of facilities able to make the =
diagnosis in=20
        these areas. The spectrum of disease, ranging from subclinical =
infection=20
        to death, has not been fully recognized. In some community-based =

        studies, cases of gastrointestinal anthrax outnumbered those of=20
        cutaneous anthrax. The oropharyngeal variant, in particular, is=20
        unfamiliar to most physicians. The clinical features of =
oropharyngeal=20
        anthrax include fever and toxemia, inflammatory lesion(s) in the =
oral=20
        cavity or oropharynx, enlargement of cervical lymph nodes =
associated=20
        with edema of the soft tissue of the cervical area, and a high=20
        case-fatality rate. Awareness of gastrointestinal anthrax in a=20
        differential diagnosis remains important in anthrax-endemic =
areas but=20
        now also in settings of possible =
bioterrorism.</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE>
      <P>The epidemiology of human anthrax has been described as =
agricultural=20
      and industrial (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#1">1</A>). In =
the=20
      agricultural setting, infections occur from exposure to =
<I>Bacillus=20
      anthracis</I> spores on the skin or the mucosal surfaces of the=20
      gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Primary infections of the respiratory =
tract=20
      are rare in agricultural settings. Generally, reports state that =
the=20
      cutaneous form of anthrax is much more common than the GI form (<A =

      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#1">2,3</A>). =
We=20
      propose that the apparently overwhelming predominance of the =
cutaneous=20
      form of anthrax is rather a reflection of the difficulty of =
diagnosis of=20
      the GI form. </P>
      <P>GI anthrax may be diagnosed on the basis of epidemiology or=20
      microbiologic, pathologic, or serologic testing. Serologic =
diagnosis is=20
      available only in a few research laboratories; pathologic =
evaluation=20
      requires surgery or necropsy in an appropriate hospital; =
microbiologic=20
      testing requires at least microscopy and preferably bacterial =
culture=20
      capacity; and epidemiology requires a level of suspicion and an =
ability to=20
      properly perform outbreak investigations. Herbivores, which =
provide most=20
      of the human exposure risk for anthrax, become infected in rural =
parts of=20
      the world where spores in the soil perpetuate endemicity. Mild =
cases of=20
      gastroenteritis attract little attention, and people with severe=20
      infections, leading to death within 2=963 days, may never reach a =
medical=20
      facility.</P>
      <P>Areas endemic for anthrax exist in all continents containing =
tropical=20
      and subtemperate regions. In the English published reports, deaths =
from GI=20
      anthrax have been reported in Thailand (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#1">4=966</A>), =
India=20
      (<A =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#1">7,8</A>),=20
      Iran (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#1">9</A>=96<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#11">11</A>),=20
      Gambia (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#11">12</A>), =
and=20
      Uganda (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#11">13</A>).=20
      Anthrax-contaminated beef from a locally infected cow was eaten in =

      Minnesota in 2000. Cooking the meat may have prevented human cases =
(<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#11">14</A>).=20
      Despite this wide distribution of endemicity, no large series of=20
      pathologically described cases exists. Based on limited reports of =
GI=20
      anthrax, the disease spectrum ranges from the asymptomatic to the =
fatal,=20
      by shock or sepsis. When swallowed, anthrax spores may cause =
lesions from=20
      the oral cavity to the cecum. Ulcerative lesions, usually multiple =
and=20
      superficial, may occur in the stomach, sometimes in association =
with=20
      similar lesions of the esophagus and jejunum (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#1">4,5</A>,<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#11">15</A>). =
These=20
      ulcerative lesions may bleed; hemorrhaging in severe cases may be =
massive=20
      and fatal (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#1">4,5</A>).</P=
>
      <P>Reported cases indicate that lesions farther down the GI tract, =
in the=20
      mid-jejunum, terminal ilium, or cecum, tend to develop around a =
single=20
      site or a few sites of ulceration and edema, more analogous to =
cutaneous=20
      lesions. These lesions may lead to hemorrhage (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#1">6</A>,<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#11">16</A>),&nb=
sp;=20
      obstruction (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#1">10</A>,<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#11">17,18</A>),=
=20
      perforation (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#11">17,18</A>),=
 or=20
      any combination of these. Ascites may complicate GI anthrax (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#1">6,7,9</A>,<A=
=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#11">11,18,19</A=
>).=20
      In some patients, the fluid shift from the vascular compartment =
leads to=20
      shock and death (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#1">6,7,9</A>).<=
/P>
      <P>The pathologic examination of anthrax lesions with entry via =
the GI=20
      tract shows that the mucosa is always involved, as are regional =
lymph=20
      nodes, which are enlarged and hemorrhagic (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#11">15</A>). =
The=20
      GI tract may also be involved after disseminated infection in =
pulmonary=20
      and sometimes cutaneous cases (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#11">20</A>=96<A=
=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#21">22</A>). =
In=20
      this situation, the localization is in the submucosa as a result =
of its=20
      blood flow, and the mucosa and regional lymph nodes become =
involved only=20
      secondarily.</P>
      <P>These reports are biased toward the hospitalized patients with =
severe=20
      cases. Thorough epidemiologic reports are scarce. One informative=20
      description of an outbreak investigation and response comes from =
Uganda=20
      (<A =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#11">13</A>).=20
      Gastroenteritis developed and death occurred in 155 persons who =
feasted on=20
      an infected zebu (Asian ox); 2 days after exposure, the incident =
was=20
      reported to authorities who flew in a multiministry team the next =
day.=20
      Gastroenteritis developed in most (92%) of those exposed within =
15=9672=20
      hours. All nine deaths were in children and occurred in the first =
2 days;=20
      all 12 asymptomatic cases were in adults. Authorities referred 134 =

      symptomatic people to the hospital for rehydration and treatment =
with=20
      antibiotics; all recovered. Thus, for most people exposed, the =
syndrome=20
      was gastroenteritis; a differential diagnosis would not normally =
have=20
      included anthrax. The age differences suggest that in this setting =

      previous exposure may have occurred, leaving some adults with =
partial=20
      immunity.</P>
      <P>Another community anthrax outbreak of note was investigated by =
officers=20
      from the Field Epidemiology Training Program of the Thai Ministry =
of=20
      Public Health (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#21">23</A>). =
From=20
      January through June 1982, an outbreak of human anthrax was =
recognized in=20
      two districts in Udon Thani Province in northeastern Thailand =
after an=20
      outbreak in cattle that killed 36 water buffalos (<I>Bubalus =
bubalus</I>)=20
      and 7 cows and bulls. Of the 102 patients, 28 had cutaneous =
anthrax and 74=20
      gastrointestinal anthrax. The only symptom in 67 of these 74 =
patients with=20
      gastrointestinal anthrax was acute diarrhea (i.e., =
gastroenteritis). The=20
      other seven patients had additional symptoms of nausea, vomiting,=20
      abdominal distention, and severe abdominal pain. Three patients =
died; the=20
      case-fatality rate was 4%. Thus, in these two community-based =
studies, the=20
      number of patients with GI anthrax far outnumbered those with the=20
      cutaneous form of the disease.</P>
      <TABLE cellSpacing=3D0 cellPadding=3D5 width=3D171 align=3Dright =
border=3D0>
        <TBODY>
        <TR>
          <TD width=3D11></TD>
          <TD align=3Dmiddle width=3D150 bgColor=3D#fbed9d><FONT=20
            face=3DArial><STRONG><A name=3DFigure1>Figure =
1</A></STRONG></FONT></TD>
          <TD align=3Dmiddle width=3D10></TD></TR>
        <TR>
          <TD width=3D11></TD>
          <TD align=3Dmiddle width=3D150 bgColor=3D#ffffcc><IMG =
height=3D210=20
            alt=3D"Figure 1. A 29-year-old man, 1 day after the onset of =
symptoms of oropharyngeal anthrax. Marked and painful swelling of the =
right side of the neck was present"=20
            =
src=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/web%20images/02-0062-1t.jpg"=
=20
            width=3D150></TD>
          <TD align=3Dmiddle width=3D10></TD></TR>
        <TR>
          <TD width=3D11></TD>
          <TD width=3D150 bgColor=3D#ffffcc>
            <P><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062-G1.htm"><FONT=20
            face=3DArial size=3D1>Click to view enlarged =
image<BR></FONT><FONT=20
            size=3D2><BR></FONT></A><FONT size=3D2><B>Figure 1.</B> A =
29-year-old=20
            man, 1 day after the onset of symptoms of oropharyngeal =
anthrax.=20
            Marked and painful swelling of the right side of the neck =
was=20
            present.</FONT></P></TD>
          <TD width=3D10></TD></TR>
        <TR>
          <TD width=3D11></TD>
          <TD width=3D150><FONT size=3D1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT> </TD>
          <TD width=3D10></TD></TR>
        <TR>
          <TD width=3D11></TD>
          <TD width=3D150 bgColor=3D#fbed9d>
            <P align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG><A =
name=3DFigure2>Figure=20
            2</A></STRONG></FONT> </P></TD>
          <TD width=3D10></TD></TR>
        <TR>
          <TD width=3D11></TD>
          <TD width=3D150 bgColor=3D#ffffcc><IMG height=3D98=20
            alt=3D"Figure 2. A 27-year-old man, 5 days after the onset =
of symptoms of oropharyngeal anthrax. Edema and congestion of the right =
tonsil extending to the anterior and posterior pillars of fauces as well =
as the soft palate and uvula were present...."=20
            =
src=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/web%20images/02-0062-2t.jpg"=
=20
            width=3D150></TD>
          <TD width=3D10></TD></TR>
        <TR>
          <TD width=3D11></TD>
          <TD width=3D150 bgColor=3D#ffffcc><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062-G2.htm"><FONT=20
            face=3DArial size=3D1>Click to view enlarged =
image<BR></FONT><FONT=20
            size=3D2><BR></FONT></A><FONT size=3D2><B>Figure 2. </B>A =
27-year-old=20
            man, 5 days after the onset of symptoms of oropharyngeal =
anthrax....=20
            </FONT></TD>
          <TD width=3D10></TD></TR>
        <TR>
          <TD width=3D11></TD>
          <TD width=3D150><FONT size=3D1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT> </TD>
          <TD width=3D10></TD></TR>
        <TR>
          <TD width=3D11></TD>
          <TD width=3D150 bgColor=3D#fbed9d>
            <P align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG><A =
name=3DFigure3>Figure 3=20
            </A></STRONG></FONT></P></TD>
          <TD width=3D10></TD></TR>
        <TR>
          <TD width=3D11></TD>
          <TD width=3D150 bgColor=3D#ffffcc><IMG height=3D98=20
            alt=3D"Figure 3. The same patient as in Figure 2. This =
picture is 9 days after the onset of symptoms of oropharyngeal =
anthrax...."=20
            =
src=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/web%20images/02-0062-3t.jpg"=
=20
            width=3D150></TD>
          <TD width=3D10></TD></TR>
        <TR>
          <TD width=3D11></TD>
          <TD width=3D150 bgColor=3D#ffffcc><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062-G3.htm"><FONT=20
            face=3DArial size=3D1>Click to view enlarged =
image<BR></FONT><FONT=20
            size=3D2><BR></FONT></A><FONT size=3D2><B>Figure 3.</B> The =
same patient=20
            as in Figure 2. This picture is 9 days after the onset of =
symptoms=20
            of oropharyngeal anthrax.... </FONT></TD>
          <TD width=3D10></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
      <P>In addition to lack of epidemiologic, microbiologic, =
pathologic, and=20
      serologic expertise and facilities in the rural settings where =
anthrax=20
      outbreaks take place, the oropharyngeal form is underreported =
because few=20
      physicians are aware of the disease. Only six publications in the =
MEDLINE=20
      database report anthrax lesions in the mouth or oropharynx (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#21">24=9629</A>=
).=20
      Davies described a major epidemic of anthrax involving &gt;9,000 =
patients=20
      in Zimbabwe from 1978 to 1980 (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#21">24</A>). =
He=20
      cited four cases in which lesions were on the tonsil and the =
tongue but=20
      provided no details. We reported an outbreak of human anthrax =
after=20
      anthrax was found in water buffaloes in March=96April 1982 in =
Chiang Mai,=20
      northern Thailand (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#21">25</A>). A =

      total of 52 cases of cutaneous anthrax and 24 cases of =
oropharyngeal=20
      anthrax were recognized in humans. All patients with oropharyngeal =
anthrax=20
      had recently eaten water buffalo meat. The mean incubation period =
was 42=20
      hours (range 2=96144 hours). All but one patient were admitted to =
the=20
      hospital. All patients sought medical attention because of painful =
neck=20
      swelling, and all but one complained of fever. The other common =
symptoms=20
      were sore throat, dysphagia, and hoarseness. The neck swelling was =
usually=20
      marked and was caused by enlargement of cervical lymph nodes and =
soft=20
      tissue edema (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#Figure1">Figure=
=20
      1</A>). Mouth lesions were located on the tonsils, posterior =
pharyngeal=20
      wall, or the hard palate. In severe cases, the tonsillar lesions =
extended=20
      to involve the anterior and posterior pillars of fauces, as well =
as the=20
      soft palate and uvula. Early lesions were edematous and congested. =
By the=20
      end of the first week, central necrosis and ulceration had =
produced a=20
      whitish patch (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#Figure2">Figure=
=20
      2</A>). In the second week, this patch developed into a =
pseudomembrane=20
      covering the ulcer (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#Figure3">Figure=
=20
      3</A>). Diagnosis could be made by culture taken from the lesion =
in the=20
      mouth. A Gram stained smear from the lesion showed numerous=20
      polymorphonuclear leukocytes and gram-positive bacilli. Studies of =
serum=20
      antibody to anthrax antigens confirmed the diagnosis (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#21">27</A>).=20
      Despite hospital admission and antibiotic treatment, 3 of the 24 =
patients=20
      died, for a case-fatality rate of 12.4%. In 1986, Doganay and =
colleagues=20
      reported six patients from Turkey with essentially the same =
clinical=20
      syndrome (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#21">28</A>). =
The=20
      case-fatality rate in that study was 50%. The most recent case =
report,=20
      also from Turkey, was in 1993 (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#21">29</A>).</P=
>
      <P>When cattle die of anthrax, the bacteremia is massive, and=20
      manifestations of the infection are visible to the butcher. In =
some=20
      settings, people may eat meat they know to be contaminated, as was =
the=20
      situation in a poor village of Harijans (=93untouchables=94) in =
India (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#1">8</A>). =
More=20
      common may be the situation in which meat is sold to those unaware =
of the=20
      animal disease as was the case in the Chiang Mai outbreak (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#21">25</A>). =
Only=20
      those who eat dishes that are raw or undercooked are exposed to =
infectious=20
      material. Disease is likely related to a dose of viable spores and =
the=20
      immune state of host. In contrast to the extreme susceptibility of =
cattle=20
      to this infection and its bacteremia, studies in chimpanzees =
suggest that=20
      primates are relatively resistant (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#21">30</A>).</P=
>
      <P>While the biowarfare and bioterrorist development of anthrax =
has=20
      focused on inhalation, ingestion has been considered as well. The =
Japanese=20
      experiments in China during the 1930s and 1940s included attempts =
to=20
      poison children with chocolate impregnated with anthrax (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#31">31</A>). =
More=20
      recently, the apartheid government of South Africa had developed=20
      biological weapons, including another attempt at =
anthrax-containing=20
      chocolate (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#31">32</A>). =
Given=20
      the large community outbreak of salmonellosis caused by an =
intentional=20
      contamination of restaurant salad bars the in United States by the =

      Rajneeshees (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm#31">33</A>),=20
      awareness of the potential for GI anthrax due to bioterrorism is=20
      important.</P>
      <P>In conclusion, GI anthrax is probably greatly underreported in =
rural=20
      disease-endemic areas of the world. The spectrum of disease, =
ranging from=20
      no symptoms to death, has not been fully appreciated. Awareness of =
anthrax=20
      in a differential diagnosis remains important in disease-endemic =
areas and=20
      also in settings of possible bioterrorism. </P>
      <P>Dr. Sirisanthana is professor of medicine and director of the =
Research=20
      Insitute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. He =
received=20
      his medical degree from Mahidol University in Bangkok and then =
trained in=20
      internal medicine in infectious disease at Indiana University, the =

      University of Chicago and the Medical College of Wisconsin from =
1975 to=20
      1979.</P>
      <P>LTC Brown is chief, Department of Retrovirology, at the Armed =
Forces=20
      Research Institute for Medical Sciences in Bangkok. He is a fellow =
of the=20
      Infectious Disease Society of American with training in tropical =
public=20
      health. Dr. Brown=92s research in tropical infectious diseases has =
been=20
      based largely in Thailand for the past 20 years.</P>
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