Table 1 Clinical presentations of anthrax and Bacillus cereus pneumonia in metalworkers, compared with present report
From: Fatal community-acquired Bacillus cereus pneumonia in an immunocompetent adult man: a case report
|  | Present case | Texas, 2003 [10] | Louisiana,1997 [9] | Louisiana, 1994 (n = 1) [8] | Cases of inhalation anthrax in 2001 (n = 10) [17] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient characteristic | Â | Patient 1 | Patient 2 | Patient 1 | Patient 2 | Â | Â |
Immunocompromised | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Illicit drug use | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Smoking | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Other underlying complications | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
No. of days from symptom onset to medical care | 1 | 6–7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3.5 (1–7) |
Fever/chills | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10 |
Dyspnea | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8 |
Hemoptysis | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0 |
Nausea/vomiting or diarrhea | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | 9 |
Cough | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9 |
Initial chest radiograph with effusions or infiltrates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10 |
Initial chest radiograph with widened mediastinum | No | No | No | No | No | No | 7 |
Initial WBC count, cells/mm3 | 8400 | 15,100 | 25,100 | 26,900 | 8800 | 12,000 | 9800 (7500–13,300) |
Hematocrit, % | 44.7 | 61.9 | 57.4 | Not Available | 55.9 | Not Available | 46.0 (42.5–51.4) |