The sepsis model: an emerging hypothesis for the lethality of inhalation anthrax

Inhalation anthrax is often described as a toxin-mediated disease. However, the toxaemia model does not account for the high mortality of inhalation anthrax relative to other forms of the disease or for the pathology present in inhalation anthrax. Patients with inhalation anthrax consistently show e...

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Main Authors: Coggeshall, Kenneth Mark, Lupu, Florea, Ballard, Jimmy, Metcalf, Jordan P, James, Judith A, Farris, Darise, Kurosawa, Shinichiro
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3729634/