Giant anthrax

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Keywords:

ANTHRAX, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, SKIN DISEASES, SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE

Abstract

We present the case of a 57-old-year male patient with a past medical history of hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus, who presented to the surgical emergency department of the "Guillermo Domínguez López" General Teaching Hospital of the municipality of Puerto Padre, Las Tunas. The patient stated that five days before he had scratched a lesion in the back and from then on he noticed a volume growth, pain, burning, flush, fever and general malaise. On physical examination a volume growth in the region with a diameter of 20 cm was revealed, with multiple postulant orifices with hardened borders and a fluctuating center. The patient was admitted and emergency investigations were ordered. After 12 hours the patient was operated on with a crucial incision of the lesion, debridement and lining lifting. Gauze compresses with antibiotic cream were left. After ten days of surgery the wall was closed. Follow-up was appointed and at three months the patient was definitely discharged, with a total recovery and without the need to apply grafts.

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Author Biographies

Ana Isel Polo-Soto, Hospital General Docente "Guillermo Domínguez López". Puerto Padre. Las Tunas. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Las Tunas. Las Tunas.

Especialista de Primer Grado en Cirugía General y Medicina General Integral. Profesor Instructor

Igor Almanza-Pérez, Hospital General Docente "Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna". Las Tunas. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Las Tunas. Las Tunas.

Especialista de Primer Grado en Cirugía General. Profesor Asistente

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Published

2021-02-19

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Polo-Soto AI, Almanza-Pérez I. Giant anthrax. Rev. electron. Zoilo [Internet]. 2021 Feb. 19 [cited 2025 Sep. 20];46(1):e2621. Available from: https://revzoilomarinello.sld.cu/index.php/zmv/article/view/2621

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Vol. 46 No. 1 (2021): January-February

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Case reports

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