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Photos of the Disease
From the Public Health Image Library
Photo ID# 2896
This is a photomicrograph of Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria having been grown from a blood culture.
Photo ID# 3149
This micrograph depicts Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria in cerebral spinal fluid using FA staining technique.
Images of People Affected by the Disease
From the Public Health Image Library
Photo ID# 2847
Herpes Simplex lesions on the skin of the face of a patient with pneumococcal meningitis.
Photo ID# 6548
This ventral view of a human brain depicts a purulent basilar meningitis infection due to Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria.
Photo ID# 33
Pneumococcal meningitis in an alcoholic.
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Content last reviewed on May 20, 2011
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases