Brain: bacterial meningitis

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Brain: bacterial meningitis. Wellcome Collection. CC0 1.0 Universal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Bacterial meningitis This image shows the superior surface of a fresh autopsy brain from an HIV-positive adult with bacterial meningitis. There is yellow exudate in the leptomeninges, congested dilated vessels, and the cerebral gyri are swollen (oedematous).

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