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Washington University Experience | INFECTION | Bacteria | Meningitis | Meningitis, complications - acute | 1G2 Meningitis, Group B STR (Case 1) N9 H&E 3
Higher magnification of the region of the arrow in image 1G1 shows marked loss of Purkinje and granule neurons with Bergmann astrocytosis, and endothelial prominence. A higher magnification demonstrates a prominent mineralized Purkinje cell (arrow, 1G3). Loss of neurons in the depths of sulci is a typical pattern of hypoxic/ischemic injury.
