ID#: 16552
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This image depicts a dorsal view of a 59-year-old man’s hands, 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 fingers had turned the dead digits black, and mummified. See PHIL 16550, 16551, and 16553 for three more images depicting this patient’s gangrenous feet and hands.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Christina Nelson, MD, MPH
Creation Date: 2012
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Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions.