Microbiology
The CDC and your local state and county health departments are the best source for information on this topic. Organisms, which, if isolated in your patients and/or associated with clusters, should make you concerned of bioterrorism, include, but are not limited to (from the redundant CDC site):Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) Arenaviruses
Botulism (Clostridium botulinum toxin)
Brucella species (brucellosis)
Burkholderia mallei (glanders)
Burkholderia pseudomallei (meliodosis)
Chlamydia psittaci (psittacosis)
Clostridium botulinum toxin (botulism)
Clostridium perfringens (Epsilon toxin)
Cryptosporidium parvum
Escherichia coli O157:H7
Ebola virus hemorrhagic fever Epsilon toxin ofClostridium perfringens
Francisella tularensis (tularemia ) Glanders (Burkholderia mallei) Hantavirus
Lassa fever Marburg virus hemorrhagic feverMeliodosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei) Nipah virus
Psittacosis (Chlamydia psittaci)
Q fever (Coxiella burnetti ) Ricin toxin from Ricinus communis (castor beans)
Rickettsia prowazekii (typhus fever)
Salmonella species (salmonellosis)
Salmonella typhi (typhoid fever)
Shigella (shigellosis)
Smallpox (variola major)Staphylococcus enterotoxin B
Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
Typhoid fever (Salmonella typhi)
Typhus fever (Rickettsia prowazekii)
Vibrio cholerae (cholera) Viral encephalitis: (alphaviruses [e.g.
Venezuelan Equine encephalitis Eastern Equine encephalitis Western Equine encephalitis]) Viral hemorrhagic fevers (filoviruses [e.g. Ebola Marburg] and arenaviruses [e.g. Lassa Machupo])Last Update: 05/14/18.