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Interstitial corneal keratitis due to congenital syphilis (1)

This photograph depicts a close view of a patient’s right eye, which exhibited gross pathologic changes indicative of corneal interstitial keratitis due to a case of congenital syphilis caused by the bacterium, Treponema pallidum. Interstitial keratitis is an inflammation of the connective tissue structure of the cornea, and syphilis is the most common cause of this condition. (Source: Photography by Richard Deitrick, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1966. Public Health Image Library ID# 2384, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. Public domain.)

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