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Interstitial corneal keratitis due to congenital syphilis (3)

This image depicts a close view of the right eye of a patient revealing the pathologic changes in her cornea known as interstitial corneal keratitis, which was due to a congenital syphilitic infection and is a chronic progressive keratitis of the corneal stroma, often resulting in blindness, and frequently associated with congenital syphilis. Syphilis is caused by the bacterium, Treponema pallidum. (Source: Photography by Robert Sumpter, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1967. Public Health Image Library ID# 12600, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. Public domain.)

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