Discriminating inhalational anthrax from community-acquired pneumonia using chest radiograph findings and a clinical algorithm.

Background: Limiting the effects of a large-scale bioterrorist anthrax attack will require rapid and accurate detection of the earliest victims. We undertook this study to improve physicians' ability to rapidly detect inhalational anthrax victims. Methods: We conducted a case-control study to compar...

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Published in:	CHEST Vol. 131; no. 2; pp. 489 - 497
Main Authors:	Kyriacou DN, Yarnold PR, Stein AC, Schmitt BP, Soltysik RC, Nelson RR, Frerichs RR, Noskin GA, Belknap SM, Bennett CL, Kyriacou, Demetrios N, Yarnold, Paul R, Stein, Adam C, Schmitt, Brian P, Soltysik, Robert C, Nelson, Regina R, Frerichs, Ralph R, Noskin, Gary A, Belknap, Steven M, Bennett, Charles L
Format:	research Journal Article
Published:	American College of Chest Physicians Feb2007
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