SEM cochlea damaged by bacterial meningitis

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SEM cochlea damaged by bacterial meningitis. Wellcome Collection. CC0 1.0 Universal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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SEM of cochlea which showed hearing loss as a result of bacterial meningitis. Note the presence of bacteria close to hair bundles of outer hair cells. Regular arrangement of stereocilia of some hair bundles is disrupted as a result of bacterial invasion of the cochlea. Magnification X 8000. Credit: Dr Spiro Comis/Wellcome Trust Medical Photographic Library.

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