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Cutaneous anthrax with a cluster of boils, or carbuncles (2)

Lateral view of a patient’s right forearm and hand, showing a large cluster of boils, or carbuncles, located primarily on the hand and wrist, which had manifested during a cutaneous anthrax infection caused by the bacterium, Bacillus anthracis. (Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Image Library, image 20868, 1966. Image provided by Dr. Herman Miranda, University of Trujello, Peru. Image cropped by Dr. Douglas J Lanska.)

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