A 55-year-old drum maker presents with nonspecific respiratory symptoms, low-grade fever, and substernal discomfort. Chest x-ray reviews a widening mediastinum. What is the likely diagnosis?
Answer: "Woolsorter's disease" or inhalational anthrax caused by B. anthracis, a life-threatening pneumonia, which can progress from nonspecific respiratory symptoms to hemorrhagic mediastinitis, bloody pleural effusions, septic shock, and death
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