Assertion: untreated cutaneous anthrax | /r/Causes | systemic disease
Facets:
value: with up to 20%
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Untreated cutaneous anthrax may cause systemic disease with up to 20% mortality,9 although with antibiotic treatment the mortality rate is less than 1%.10 Antibiotic treatment has been reported to sterilize the skin lesion within 24 hours10; thus prompt institution of antibiotics appears to limit hematogenous spread of the organism, but does not change the local, toxin-mediated effects.