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case_images: Brain MRI showing periventricular hyperintense signals (black arrows). MRI: magnetic resonance imaging
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case_images: FIG1
case_images: Brain MRI showing interval increase in periventricular hyperintense signals (black arrows). MRI: magnetic resonance imaging
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case_images: FIG2
case_images: Grey-white colonies of Streptococcus agalactiae (black arrows) with surrounding beta hemolysis (white arrows) on blood agar
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case_images: FIG3
case_images: CSF culture on blood agar yielded grey-white colonies with a narrow zone of beta hemolysis (Figure 3), which were finally identified as gram-positive and catalase-negative cocci in chains.