Differential diagnosis of cutaneous anthrax are :
-cutaneous mycobacterial infection
-parapoxvirus infection
-cutaneous leishmaniasis
-rickettsialpox
-rat bite fever
-warfarin necrosis
-antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
-aspergillosis
-mucormycosis
-brown recluse spider bite
-plague
-tularemia
-ecthyma gangrenosum
-cutaneous mycobacterial infection
-parapoxvirus infection
-cutaneous leishmaniasis
-rickettsialpox
-rat bite fever
-warfarin necrosis
-antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
-aspergillosis
-mucormycosis
-brown recluse spider bite
-plague
-tularemia
-ecthyma gangrenosum