Tuberculosis meningitis, light micrograph. Tuberculosis (TB) meningitis is a rare, but sometimes fatal condition caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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Tuberculosis meningitis, light micrograph. Tuberculosis (TB) meningitis is a rare, but sometimes fatal condition caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The micrograph shows an extensive TB meningitis with caseous granulomas accompanied by a large chronic inflammation which invades the nervous parenchyma (meningoencephalitis).

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