Archive for December 12th, 2009

12 Dec

ANTHRAX IN AMERICA 2001-2003: Diagnosis

Diagnosis Diagnosis of B. anthracis can be made through a standard blood culture in six- to 24 hours. The lab must differentiate between other Bacillus species that may resemble B. anthracis, such as in the B. cereus group. One can differentiate based on morphological features; colonies of B. anthracis are nonhemolytic, are white to gray, [...]

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