Abstract
Objective: To compare responses of practicing military and civilian primary care physicians to a series of standardized inhalational anthrax cases. Methods: A series of three randomly selected case vignettes adapted from the 2001 anthrax attack along the East Coast of the United States were mailed to a convenience sample of community-based primary care physicians. Respondents were asked to list differential diagnoses along with initial management and treatment plans. Results: The response rate was 55% (n = 164). The most common diagnoses were pneumonia and influenza. Few (n = 6) physicians included anthrax in their differential diagnosis. Conclusions: Anthrax remains low on the list of differential diagnoses in the setting of community-acquired respiratory illness.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 671-675 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Military medicine |
| Volume | 175 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2010 |
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Recognition of community-acquired anthrax : Has anything changed since 2001? / Stephens, Mark B.; Marvin, Blake.
In: Military medicine, Vol. 175, No. 9, 09.2010, p. 671-675.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Recognition of community-acquired anthrax
T2 - Has anything changed since 2001?
AU - Stephens, Mark B.
AU - Marvin, Blake
PY - 2010/9
Y1 - 2010/9
N2 - Objective: To compare responses of practicing military and civilian primary care physicians to a series of standardized inhalational anthrax cases. Methods: A series of three randomly selected case vignettes adapted from the 2001 anthrax attack along the East Coast of the United States were mailed to a convenience sample of community-based primary care physicians. Respondents were asked to list differential diagnoses along with initial management and treatment plans. Results: The response rate was 55% (n = 164). The most common diagnoses were pneumonia and influenza. Few (n = 6) physicians included anthrax in their differential diagnosis. Conclusions: Anthrax remains low on the list of differential diagnoses in the setting of community-acquired respiratory illness.
AB - Objective: To compare responses of practicing military and civilian primary care physicians to a series of standardized inhalational anthrax cases. Methods: A series of three randomly selected case vignettes adapted from the 2001 anthrax attack along the East Coast of the United States were mailed to a convenience sample of community-based primary care physicians. Respondents were asked to list differential diagnoses along with initial management and treatment plans. Results: The response rate was 55% (n = 164). The most common diagnoses were pneumonia and influenza. Few (n = 6) physicians included anthrax in their differential diagnosis. Conclusions: Anthrax remains low on the list of differential diagnoses in the setting of community-acquired respiratory illness.
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