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Figure 2. Timeline to presumptive anthrax diagnosis, 11 patients
with inhalational anthrax, 2001, United States. Abbreviations: Dx, diagnosis;
OutPt, outpatient visit followed by discharge home; ER, emergency room
visit followed by discharge home. *Diagnosis delayed—initial blood cultures
were negative in three patients who received antibiotic therapy before
culture specimens were collected, requiring use of special diagnostic
tests. For patients 1–10, case numbers correspond to those in report by
Jernigan et al. (13); patient 11 reported
by Barakat et al. (14). A, timeline begins
with presumed date of anthrax exposure, available for six patients. B,
timeline begins with day of illness onset for five patients without recognized
date of exposure.
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