| an outbreak of human anthrax in mysore (india). | anthrax is a zoonotic disease caused by bacillus anthracis. intestinal anthrax though a rare entity mostly ends with fatal outcome. very few cases of intestinal anthrax are reported. present outbreak of intestinal anthrax is unique in itself that four cases succumbed to the illness within a span of 48-72 hours in a small hamlet of mysore district of karnataka, after consuming diseased deer meat. confirmation of the diagnosis was carried out at nicd, delhi by bacteriological culture isolation, bi ... | 2004 | 16509258 |