inhalational anthrax
Findings
No curated finding names inhalational anthrax yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A rare acute systemic infection caused by the inhalation of Bacillus anthracis spores (e.g. through infected animal products, bioterrorism) and characterized by an initial stage where patients present with non specific symptoms (fever, cough, chills, fatigue) that is followed by an acute phase during which hemorrhagic mediastinitis occurs that can progress into meningitis, gastrointestinal involvement, and refractory shock, that can be fatal, if left untreated.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0016595), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
12 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormal sweat gland morphologyHPOHP:0000971
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- FatigueHPOHP:0012378
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- FeverHPOHP:0001945
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Focal autonomic seizure with epigastric sensation/nausea/vomiting/other gastrointestinal phenomenaHPOHP:0011159
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- ConfusionHPOHP:0001289
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- DyspneaHPOHP:0002094
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: inhalational anthrax
- Also called
- inhalation anthrax diseasepulmonary anthraxrespiratory anthraxrespiratory anthrax disease