| 11. | But testing and X-rays showed that it was pulmonary anthrax, an extremely lethal disease.
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| 12. | Pulmonary anthrax occurs in people who inhale the spores.
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| 13. | But that case was not pulmonary anthrax, in which the disease settles in the lungs.
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| 14. | Unless the patient is treated within 24 hours of exposure, pulmonary anthrax is almost always fatal.
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| 15. | Those queries came days after health officials reported that a Florida man had contracted pulmonary anthrax.
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| 16. | Health officials said two other Brentwood workers also had pulmonary anthrax and were in serious condition.
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| 17. | Two postal workers at Brentwood died of pulmonary anthrax _ one on Sunday, the other on Monday.
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| 18. | She added that it can take about a week for symptoms of pulmonary anthrax to become apparent.
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| 19. | Stevens, 63, of Lantana, died Friday from the effects of pulmonary anthrax at JFK Medical Center in Atlantis.
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| 20. | A 63-year-old man has been hospitalized with pulmonary anthrax, Florida Lt . Gov . Frank Brogan said Thursday.
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