Pneumococcal Bacterial Meningitis
Gross photo of the brain of a 3 month old child who presented as a case of sudden death. Note the engorged leptomeninges and the purulent
material covering the brain. Cerebrospinal fluid was positive for Streptococcus pneumoniae. The spleen of this patient was normal.
Contributed by Drs John Donahue and Alexander Chirkov.
1 minute clinical correlation