| fatal meningoencephalitis due to bacillus anthracis. | we report the first case of fatal anthrax meningoencephalitis in hong kong over the past 60 years. a 13 year-old boy presented with right lower quadrant pain, diarrhoea and progressive headache. lumbar puncture yielded gram positive bacilli initially thought to be bacillus cereus, a contaminant. he was treated with ampicillin and cefotaxime, but died 3 days after hospitalization. the organism isolated from blood and cerebrospinal fluid was later identified as bacillus anthracis. | 1997 | 9484689 |
| hospital preparedness for chemical and biological incidents in hong kong. | the risk of mass exposure to toxic substances has increased steadily during the twentieth century due to the expansion of industry and the deliberate development and use of agents of chemical warfare. although hong kong is considered a relatively safe place, hoax anthrax attacks have occurred since 17 october 2001. people who have been seriously injured by hazardous materials have a greater chance of recovery without complications when appropriate emergency treatments are provided. recognition a ... | 2002 | 12459601 |
| characterization of a bacillus anthracis isolate causing a rare case of fatal anthrax in a 2-year-old boy from hong kong. | we used multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (mlva) and paga sequencing to genotype a bacillus anthracis isolate from a fatal case of human anthrax in hong kong. the isolate has a unique mlva genotype, is related to the sterne and ames strains, and is consistent with genotypes identified in china. | 2005 | 15815041 |