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  1. Gangrene, Foot

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    Description: Captured in a clinical setting, this image depicts a close view of a 4-month old female’s feet, revealing the gangrenous condition of this region, due to an infection known as meningococcemia, caused by the bacterium, Neisseria meningitidis. This infection causes arterial occlusions, which in turn, cause ischemic insults to develop with ensuing gangrene of the affected body regions.
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  2. Edema

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    Description: The edema exhibited by this African child was brought on by nephrosis associated with malaria. Infection with one type of malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, if not promptly treated, may cause kidney failure. Swelling of the abdomen, eyes, feet and hands are some of the symptoms of nephrosis brought on by the damaged kidneys.
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  3. Cutaneous abscess caused by MRSA

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    Description: This 2005 photograph depicted a cutaneous abscess located on the hip of a prison inmate, which had begun to spontaneously drain, releasing its purulent contents. The abscess was caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, referred to by the acronym MRSA.
    Keywords: Skin, pus, infection, hip

  4. Cutanelus abscess on the arm

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    Description: Photograph depicted a cutaneous abscess on the arm post packing (front view), which had been caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, referred to by the acronym MRSA.
    Keywords: Skin, pus, infection, arm

  5. Cutaneous abscess

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    Description: Photograph depicted a cutaneous abscess on the foot post packing (side view), which had been caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, referred to by the acronym MRSA.
    Keywords: Skin, pus, infection, foot

  6. Cutaneous abscess on the back

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    Description: Photograph depicted a cutaneous abscess located on the back, which had been caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, referred to by the acronym MRSA.
    Keywords: Skin, pus, infection, back

  7. Cutaneous abscess

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    Description: Photograph depicted a cutaneous abscess on the hand post packing (front view), which had been caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, referred to by the acronym MRSA.
    Keywords: Skin, pus, infection, hand

  8. Cutaneous abscess on the thigh

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    Description: From an intra-operative perspective, this 2005 photograph depicted a cutaneous abscess located on the thigh of a prison inmate, which had been caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, referred to by the acronym MRSA. A clinician had lanced the lesion in order to allow the pus contained therein, to be released.
    Keywords: Skin, pus, infection, thigh

  9. Gangrene, Toes

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    Description: This patient was photographed in Guatemala, Central America, exhibiting a condition known as typhus gangrene of the right foot, which was determined to be due to a case of typhus fever, also referred to as epidemic louse-borne typhus caused by the bacterium, Rickettsia prowazekii. Note how the toes, and the lateral border of the foot’s plantar surface, had developed a blackened coloration, indicative of tissue necrosis, or gangrene.
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  10. Gangrene, Fingers

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    Description: This photograph depicted the left hand of a plague victim, which displayed areas of gangrene, especially in the distal fingertips and thumb, which had been due to a systemically disseminated plague infection, caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis. The dissemination of Y. pestis bacteria, predisposes plague patients to abnormal coagulation within the blood vessels of the distal extremities, including the eventual sloughing of the dead skin.
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