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Brain MRI. Contrast-enhanced axial transverse T1-weighted view showing multiple necrotic and cystic lesions appearing as low signal intensity areas surrounded by an intensely enhanced rim corresponding to the pyogenic membrane (a). There was a regression of the lesions three weeks later (b).
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By contrast, brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed five days later revealed multiple brain abscesses predominating in the grey nuclei (Figure 1).
Dendogram generated by BioNumerics showing the results of cluster analysis on the basis of XbaI PFGE of E. coli isolates from blood, urine, and CSF.
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To determine the genetic relatedness between the three isolates of E. coli (blood, CSF, and urine), isolates were analyzed via pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) with XbaI, showing the same pulsotype (Figure 2).