<i>E. coli</i> K1 meningitis (IMAGE)

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

<i>E. coli</i> K1 meningitis

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E. coli K1 damages microvessels (green) that constitute the blood-brain barrier in an experimental newborn mouse model of meningitis

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Subramanian Krishnan, Ph.D.

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