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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Feature of Bacterial Meningitis in a Neonate Hanwoo Calf  

Cho, Young-Kwon (Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University)
Kim, Jin-Won (Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University)
Kim, Jae-Hoon (College of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Jeju National University)
Kim, Jae-Hoon (College of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Jeju National University)
Lee, Ki-Chang (Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University)
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.26, no.6, 2009 , pp. 650-654 More about this Journal
Abstract
A 1-week-old, male Korean native calf with acute clinical signs of depression, mild diarrhea, ataxia, recumbency and tremor was referred to Chonbuk Veterinary Medical Center of Chonbuk National University. Vision loss and cornea edema were also observed on physical examination. The patient had been deteriorated with nystagumus, strabisumus and opisthtonus. Blood cell count test and blood biochemistry test revealed remarkable leukocytosis, and hypoalbuminemia and increased blood urea nitrogen. No remarkable findings were observed on radiography. On magnetic resonance imaging study, there were enlarge lateral, third, and forth ventricles. The cortical grey and subcortical white matter of left temporal lobe showed hypointense on T1-weighted images and hyperintense on T2-weighted images, and slightly enhanced on contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images. Escherichia coli strain was identified from cerebrospinal fluid sample. Palliative treatment was attempted but the neonatal calve was expired three days after admission. Severe multifocal fibrino-suppurative meningitis with Escherichia coli infection was confirmed histopathologically.
Keywords
Escherichia coli; Hanwoo calf; magnetic resonance image; meningitis;
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