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This image depicts a photograph of a patient’s lower face, reveals the presence of a primary syphilitic chancre of the lower lip due to Treponema pallidum bacteria. A chancre is a small, painless red ulcer that develops during primary syphilis. Primary syphilis is characterized by one or more chancres after inoculation with T. pallidum bacteria.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/Susan Lindsley
Creation Date: 1971
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Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions.