6 D.C. postal workers treated for suspected anthrax

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Six U.S. Postal Service employees of the Brentwood mail processing center, the same facility which employed two people who died of anthrax earlier this week, were being treated at Washington-area hospitals Wednesday for suspected anthrax, hospital officials said.

A 60-year-old man, whose name was not released, checked himself into Greater Baltimore Medical Center about noon Tuesday with flu-like symptoms, said spokeswoman Kay Taylor. He was being treated with the antibiotic Ciprofloxacin and was in stable condition, she said.

Results from his anthrax tests were expected later Wednesday, Taylor said.

Five people -- three women and two men -- were being treated with Cipro and two other antibiotics at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland, spokesman Mike Hall said. All had complained of flu-like symptoms with respiratory problems.

Two of them were admitted late Monday, and the other three were admitted Tuesday night, Hall said. All are stable with good vital signs, he said.

Test results for the first two were expected Thursday, and results for the other three were expected over the weekend.

Washington officials said Tuesday that two workers at the Brentwood facility died Monday of inhalation anthrax. Two other employees were in serious condition, battling inhalation anthrax at a suburban Virginia hospital. They were being treated with Cipro.

The processing plant, which handled anthrax-laced mail delivered to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle's office, has been declared a crime scene, U.S. Postal Service spokeswoman Deborah Willhite said Tuesday.

The facility itself has tested positive for the potentially deadly bacteria.

-- From CNN Producer Shaye Ferris