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This image depicts a Central American patient being evaluated by a clinician. With the patient’s head tilted back and mouth open, the hard palate of the oral cavity is visible, showing erosion of the palatal mucosa due to a lesion diagnosed as rhinoscleroma, a bacterial infection of the nasopharyngeal region. The disease is caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. rhinoscleromatis.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. D.S. Martin
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