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a: Brain MRI. Axial T1 weighted image with gadolinium injection showing a left frontal round well circumcised lesion with peripheral enhancement. b: Trace DWI (left) showing a hyperintense lesion and a low ADC (right) indicating restricted diffusion.
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T1 and high T2 signal, heterogeneous with peripheral enhancement, with a distinctive high signal in Diffusion sequences, and ADC restriction in some areas (Fig. 1). These results were in favor of a brain abscess.
a. Candida glabrata macroscopic colonies b. Microscopic structure on Chloramphenicol Sabouraud agar medium.
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Chloramphenicol Sabouraud agar medium with and without Actidione at 37  C, white, creamy, flat, and shiny colonies appeared. C. glabrata was identified by VITEK  2 (Fig. 2).