MCQ – 90476

Correct Answer � B Explanation

Answer- B

• Injecting Drug Users mainly suffer from either the cutaneous or inhalational forms of anthrax.
• There are three main forms of anthrax, cutaneous, inhalational, and gastro-intestinal.
• Cutaneous anthrax in its early stages may present as a papule,vesicle or ulcer (as opposed to the classical black eschar seen in the latter stages). They may be multiple, particularly in injecting drug users.

C/F

Fever and chills

• A group of small blisters or bumps that may itch, appearing where the drug was injected.
• A painless skin sore with a black center that appears after the blisters or bumps Swelling around the sore Abscesses deep under the skin or in the muscle where the drug was injected.