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Washington University Experience | INFECTION | Bacteria | Meningitis | Meningitis, complications - acute | 4A1 Meningitis, bacterial (Case 4) Gross 8

Case 4 History ---- This 80 year old woman had a history of widely metastatic breast carcinoma and terminal bronchopneumonia with septicemia. Cultures demonstrated streptococcus pneumoniae. ---- Gross neuropathology in this case includes prominent purulent infiltrate and a poorly resolved infarct in the coronal section (arrow, #4A3)

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