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A 7-month-old infant with cutaneous anthrax developed severe systemic ill- ness despite early treatment with antibiotics. The infant displayed severe microangiopathic hemolytic anemia with renal involvement, coagulopathy, and hyponatremia. These findings are unusual with cutaneous anthrax, but have been described in illness resulting from spider toxin and may delay cor- rect diagnosis. The systemic manisfestations of the disease persisted for nearly a month despite corticosteroid therapy, but resolved. |
