Noun: cutaneous anthrax
- A form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxins; symptoms of septicemia are severe with vomiting and high fever and profuse sweating; the infection is often fatal
"The farmer contracted cutaneous anthrax from handling infected livestock";
- malignant pustule
Type of: anthrax
Encyclopedia: Cutaneous anthrax