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