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ID#:

2848

Caption:

This photograph depicts a patient who had presented to a clinical setting, with this skin lesion on the left arm, due to the bacterium, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a Gram-negative diplococcus, which is the causative agent for gonorrhea. Though these bacteria can infect the genital tract, the mouth, and the rectum, they can become disseminated throughout a person’s body, by way of the bloodstream.

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Content Provider(s):

CDC/ Dr. Thomas F. Sellers; Emory University

Creation Date:

1963

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