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Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis and treatment of exposed populations (before and after symptom onset). These recommendations distinguished, for the first time, between systemic disease with and without meningitis, a common and serious complication of anthrax. The CDC considers all systemic cases meningeal unless positively proven otherwise. The treatment of patients suffering from systemic anthrax with suspected or confirmed meningitis includes the combination of three antibiotics, i.e., a fluoroquinolone (levofloxacin or ciprofloxacin), a \u03b2-lactam (meropenem or imipenem), and a protein synthesis inhibitor (linezolid or clindamycin). In addition, treatment with an antitoxin (anti-protective antigen antibodies) and dexamethasone should be applied. 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