Anthrax

Description

A disease caused by an infection with the gram-positive bacteria Bacillus anthracis. This disease presents with clinical signs depending on the route of infection. Transmission is by inhalation, ingestion, or cutaneous contact with Bacillus anthracis spores. Confirmation is by identification of Bacillus anthracis in a sample, or detection of antibodies or toxins.

Index terms

Anthrax
anthrax infection
splenic fever

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Cutaneous anthrax
charbon
malignant carbuncle of skin due to anthrax
malignant pustule of skin due to anthrax
milzbrand
Pulmonary anthrax
Ragpicker disease
Woolsorter disease
anthrax pneumonia
inhalation anthrax
pneumonia due to anthrax
pneumonia in anthrax
respiratory anthrax
wool-sorters' disease
Gastrointestinal anthrax
Anthrax colitis
Anthrax meningitis
Cerebral anthrax
Sepsis due to Anthrax without mention of septic shock
Anthrax sepsis
bacillus anthracis sepsis
sepsis due to Anthrax NOS
Sepsis due to Anthrax infection with septic shock

Exclusions from above levels

NE83.1 – Infection arising from device, implant or graft, not elsewhere classified

Sibling codes

1B90 – Rat-bite fevers
1B91 – Leptospirosis
1B92 – Glanders
1B93 – Plague
1B94 – Tularaemia
1B95 – Brucellosis
1B96 – Erysipeloid
1B98 – Cat-scratch disease
1B99 – Pasteurellosis
1B9A – Extraintestinal yersiniosis
1B9Z – Unspecified zoonotic bacterial disease

Foundation entity

Anthrax – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1321303663

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 01: Certain infectious or parasitic diseases