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ID#:

16550

Caption:

This image depicts a dorsal view of a 59-year-old man’s feet, who had been infected by the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, after having come into contact with both an infected cat, and a dead mouse in his neighborhood. The gangrenous condition of the toes had turned the dead digits black, and mummified. See PHIL 16551, 16552, and 16553, for three more images depicting this patient’s gangrenous hands and fingers.

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Content Provider(s):

CDC/ Christina Nelson, MD, MPH

Creation Date:

2012

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CDC Organization