Tom is a football player who gets hit hard from behind along his spine. About a week later, he is diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, an infection of the CSF carried through the bloodstream. Given that the infection was associated with blood, which hypothesis is most likely to have occurred?
The pia matter tore away from the spinal cord, damaging the associated blood vessels, which leaked into the subarachnoid space. T/F

Explanation:

1. As given, Tom is a football player  get hit hard from behind along his spine.

2. After some time, approx a week later, his  diagnosed confirm the bacterial meningitis.

3. Bacterial meningitis: It is an infection of the CSF.

4. This  hypothesis is most likely to have occurred, that the pia matter tore away from the spinal cord, damaging the associated blood vessels, which leaked into the subarachnoid space.

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