Cutaneous Anthrax
Alternate Names : Anthrax - Skin
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Cutaneous Anthrax Treatment
The mainstay of treatment is early antibiotic therapy. Several antibiotics are effective, including penicillin, doxycycline, and ciprofloxacin (Cipro). If an outbreak of anthrax is suspected, the antibiotic of choice is ciprofloxacin, until it is known whether the anthrax strain is resistant to any of the other usual antibiotics. Because spores may take up to 60 days to germinate, the length of treatment is usually 60 days.
Cutaneous anthrax is treated with oral antibiotics (pills).
In the event of a bio-terrorist attack, the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile is available to supplement and help provide antibiotics should a shortage occur.
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