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This image depicts a dorsal view of a patient’s third and fourth fingertips on her left hand, revealing splinter hemorrhages of the nail beds beneath the fingernails, resulting from trichinosis. Splinter hemorrhages are a recognized manifestation of trichinosis, a parasitic infection acquired through consumption of raw or undercooked pork infected with larvae of roundworms from the genus Trichinella.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. Thomas F. Sellers; Emory University
Creation Date: 1963
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