71. Stevens and Curseen were the first of four people to die of inhaled anthrax. 72. Symptoms of nasal congestion or runny nose have not been reported in the inhaled anthrax cases so far. 73. The committee also reviewed data from monkey studies that showed Cipro and some other antibiotics could prevent infection from developing after inhaled anthrax exposure. 74. The CDC also on Thursday issued revised guidelines emphasizing that inhaled anthrax can be treated with other, more common antibiotics. 75. The data, from an Army study, however, showed that inhaled anthrax spores in the lungs can remain dangerous and infectious for weeks. 76. There was good news Monday for Norma Wallace, a New Jersey postal worker who went home from the hospital after a three-week bout with inhaled anthrax. 77. They have been hunting through unopened mail that has been under quarantine since postal workers were diagnosed with inhaled anthrax. 78. Thus CDC said Thursday that patients with inhaled anthrax should not be treated with penicillin alone. 79. Three people have died and five others have been diagnosed with inhaled anthrax. 80. Two Washington postal workers died of inhaled anthrax, as did two women thought to have been infected from the mail. |