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. 2018 Jun 29;9:518. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00518

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Copyright © 2018 Long, Yuan, Liu, Liu, Wu, Chen, Peng, Wu, Zhang, Wang, Zhao and Liu.

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Brain MRI obtained before (A) and after (B) abscess clearance combined with tigecycline treatment (A). MRI on October 31, 2017 showed that interstitial cerebral edemas beside the ventricles and bilateral ventricular occipital horn enhancement along with hydrocephalus, which indicated signs of ventriculitis (B). MRI after abscess clearance combined with tigecycline treatment revealed the disappearance of the edemas, ventricular enhancement, and hydrocephalus.